QUALITY OF LIFE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS BASED ON THE BODY MASS INDEX

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can attack various organs in the body, especially the lungs (pulmonary TB). Body mass index is one of the factors related to the quality of life of pulmonary Tb patients because it can influence health conditions and the body's resistance to fighting tuberculosis infection.

Purpose: To determine the relationship between body mass index and quality of life in pulmonary TB patients

Methods: This type of research uses quantitative descriptive with a cross sectional approach. The samples in the study were all adult pulmonary TB patients undergoing inpatient or outpatient treatment, taken by accidental sampling of 38 respondents according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria determined by the researchers. The instrument used in this research was the WHOQol BREF questionnaire

Result: The results of the univariate and bivariate Spearman correlation tests showed that there was a relationship between body mass index, body mass index and quality of life in the environmental domain (p-value 0.008). There is no relationship between body mass index and quality of life in the domains: physical, psychological and social health (p- value 0.246: 0.493: 0.504).

Implication: The results of this research can be used by health workers as a basis for health workers to improve the quality of life of pulmonary TB patients through health programs that focus more on nutritional status and body mass index