Characteristics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients and Their Houses in Kedungwuni Subdistrict, Pekalongan Regency, Indonesia

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a health problem in terms of mortality, disease incidence, and its diagnosis and treatment. In 2015, there were 175,029 positive cases of pulmonary TB. Pulmonary TB is more prevalent in males with a prevalence of 106,554 (60.9%) than females with prevalence of 68,475 (39.1%). Based on data from the Health Office of Pekalongan Regency in 2016, Pekalongan had 610 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis suspects consisting of men as many as 338 and women as many as 272. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their house in Kedungwuni Subdistrict, Pekalongan Regency. This study was a descriptive quantitative study. The majority of respondents were 38 men (62.3%), their age of 46-55 was 17 people (27.9%), almost half of the respondents had elementary school education (27 people, 44.3%), most respondents had low economic status (55 people, 90.2%), almost half of the respondents were employee (27 people, 44.3%), and the majority of respondents did not have the same TB in their family (42 people, 78.9%). Most of the respondents (57.4%) had poor housing conditions. The results of this study are expected to be used to improve the quality of care in tuberculosis patients.