| dc.description.abstract | Background: Tuberculosis is a contagious infectious disease that remains a health
problem in Indonesia. Community’s knowledge and attitudes towards TB play an
important role in preventing its transmission.
Objective: To determine the differences of community characteristics with the
level of knowledge, attitudes, and prevention of TB and to determine the
relationship between the level of knowledge, attitudes, and prevention of TB in the
community in Medan Johor sub-district, Medan City.
Method: This cross-sectional descriptive study using the modified questionnaires
to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and prevention of TB. The collecting data
was conducted from July-October 2024.
Result: The results indicated the level of knowledge about TB (70%), attitudes
towards TB (90%), and prevention against TB (78%), all categorized as good.
Respondent characteristics included ages 18-35 (56.3%), females (61.9%), high
school graduates (46.1%), and private employees (32.7%). The mean scores for
knowledge, attitudes, and prevention > 7 categorized as good. Kruskal-wallis test
showed that age and education were associated with knowledge about TB (p<0.05),
occupation was linked to attitudes towards TB (p<0.05). The Spearman's rho test
revealed a significant but weak correlation between attitudes towards TB and
knowledge about TB (r = 0.112), as well as between attitudes and TB prevention (r
= 0.303).
Conclusion: There was a relationship between respondent characteristics,
knowledge and attitudes of TB. There was a significant association between TB
related attitudes and knowledge and TB related prevention with a weak correlation
in Medan Johor sub-district. | en_US |
