Muh. Syafar

Treatment Response Analysis in Patients with Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) at Labuang Baji Public Hospital in Makassar City

This study aims to describe the results of analysis of some risk factors including education level, income level, treatment compliances, comorbidity history, role of health centre staff, and family support in relation with treatment response in patients with Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB). The research was conducted at Labuang Baji Public Hospital in Makassaar city. It used the retrospective cohort research design with a total sample of 48 people. The sampling technique used in the research was the purposive sampling. The data were collected using direct interviews with a questionnaire, and they were analyzed with univariate, bivariate, and multivariate methods using the Relative Risk (RR) test. The result reveal that the significant risk factor is treatment compliance (RR = 4.25, 95% CI = 2.007 to 9.021; p = 0.000), while the insignificant factors are the level of education (RR = 1.04; 95% CI= 0.504 to 2.151), income level (RR = 1.13; 95% CI= 0.432 to 2.973) comorbidity history (RR = 1.02; 95% CI=0.514 - 2.013), support from health centre staff (RR= 1.81, 95% CI= 0.969 - 3.385) and family support (RR= 1.94; 95% CI=0.986 - 3.821). The multivariate analysis shows that treatment compliance is the most significant risk factor for the result of treatment response in patients with MDR TB (RR = 17.930)