Knowledge Of Pulmonary Tb Patients About The Transmission And Prevention Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diseases In Klibur Domin Tibar Clinic Municipality Of Liquica Timor-Leste [2024]

Introduction: Globally the level of tuberculosis disease in the world in 2020, be it 10 million people indicated in 2020, the highest number of new tuberculosis cases, [43%] occurred in the Southeast Asia Region. Tuberculosis in Indonesia ranks second to India, with 969,000 cases and 93,000 deaths. The total number of people infected with tuberculosis in Timor-Leste is 508, this number of cases leads Timor-Leste to be the second country with high cases in Southeast Asia. Based on the pre-elimination data at the Klibur Domin Tibar Clinic Liquica, the tuberculosis-positive patients are 160 male patients, 127 female patients. Research Objectives: To know the level of knowledge of pulmonary tuberculosis patients about transmission and prevention in the Klibur Domin Tibar Clinical Clinic Liquica. Research Methodology: We used a quantitative descriptive method, using the Probability Sampling technique with a simple random sampling approach and the univariate data analysis technique.