RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND MOTIVATION WITH ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS ADHERENCE IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS

Abstract

Tuberculosis Disease (TB) is still a problem that must be overcome by the community, programs and guidelines for countermeasures have also been carried out by the government to handle this case in accordance with national standards. Is to determine the relationship between knowledge and motivation with adherence to taking anti-tuberculosis drugs in tuberculosis (TB) patients at the Paseh Health Center in 2022. The type of research used is a type of quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique in this study was by accidental sampling with a population of 123 people. This study show that, the knowledge of tuberculosis sufferers is in the good category, namely 71 (57,7%), the motivation of tuberculosis sufferers is in the high category, namely 86 (69,9%), and drug gathering adherence of tuberculosis sufferers is in the obedient category, namely 69 (56,1%), using the Chi-square statistic test where the degree of confidence used is 95% and α = 0,5 obtained a p value for knowledge of 0,000 and a p value for motivation 0,009. So that the null hypothesis was rejected or in other words statistically it turned out to be proven to be a relationship of knowledge and motivation with adherence to taking anti-tuberculosis drugs. This researcher there is a relationship of knowledge and motivation with adherence to taking tuberculosis medications. Suggestions in this study are expected by health workers to continue to carry out counseling activities regarding medication adherence in tuberculosis sufferers .