CORRELATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SMEAR-POSITIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN PUUWATU HEALTH CENTER, KENDARI CITY

Background:Pulmonary tuberculosis is still a health problem in Kendari City, especially for several health care centres areas with the highest number of cases in 2019. The number of cases in Puuwatu Health Center area in the last two years has decreased by 14.5% but still ranks first with The highest number of pulmonary tuberculosis cases was in Kendari City.The aim of this study was to analyze the correlation between individual characteristics and smearpositive pulmonary in Puuwatu health center, Kendari City. Methods:This research is analytic observational using a Case Control Study design, with a matching procedure using a retrospective approach.The population in this study were all 59 patients with pulmonary TB smear (+) registered in Puuwatu Health Center of Kendari City in 2019 with a total sample size of 37 case samples and 37 control samples selected by simple random sampling technique. Results:The results showed that gender, education and job were risk factors for tuberculosis (Odds ratio 3.83; 3.43; 5.95>1) and age was not a risk factor (Odds ratio 0.94<1).Furthermore, there is a relationship between the individual characteristics of age, sex, education and job with the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (p-value 0.002; 0.01; 0.002; 0.001< (0.05).