Skripsi

Level of education and knowledge as a contributing factors towards tuberculosis sputum conversion in Persahabatan Hospital = Hubungan antara status pendidikan dan pengetahuan dengan konversi sputum pada pasien tuberkulosis di bulan ke dua di rumah sakit persahabatan.

Background : Educational backgrounds and level of knowledge are factors that might affect the sputum conversion of the Tuberculosis (TB) patients. This study focused to investigate the association between educational background and level of knowledge of the TB patient and the sputum conversion at two months. This cross-sectional study was done in Persahabatan hospital among 106 patients (63 male, 43 female) with the age ranging from 20-65 years old. The educational background and knowledge level of TB were assessed using a questionnaire and direct interview. A chi- square test was conducted to assess the association between knowledge level of TB and education level, education level and sputum conversion, and knowledge level of TB and sputum conversion. There were a statistically significance association between education level and knowledge about Tuberculosis (p