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Factors Affecting Non-Compliance of Patients Taking Tuberculosis Medication in The Working Area of Health Services of Liquiça District, Timor-Leste, 2018 Seixas da Cruz, Oscar
Jurnal KESANS : Kesehatan dan Sains Vol 3 No 6 (2024): KESANS: International Journal of Health and Science
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54543/kesans.v3i6.281

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Introduction: Non-adherence to taking tuberculosis medication is a patient who is unable or refuses to take tuberculosis medication based on a doctor's prescription, such as: taking inconsistent medication, inadequate clinic visits, inadequate dot program, refusing to take medication. Of the 1/2 million people diagnosed with mdr-tuberculosis, the rate of non-adherence to treatment is difficult to assess and it is estimated that more than a quarter of tuberculosis patients fail to complete treatment within 6 months. Method: The method used quantitatively with the cross-sectional study approach, the population is all tuberculosis patients who run the dots program including those who fail treatment, relapse, and return after defaulted with the age of more than >14 years as many as 142 patients, samples as many as 105. Data collection techniques use nominally scaled questionnaires. Result and Discusion: The test results of univariate and bivariate analysis of chi-square, bivariate analysis using a significant alpha value of 5% (?=0.05). The results of bivariate analysis showed that there was a significant influence between education level (rp = 3,420), knowledge level (rp = 3,052), family support (rp = 0,003), length of treatment (rp = 3,149), on the patient's inadequacy in taking tuberculosis drugs. Conclusion: In conclusion, the results of this study are the level of education, level of knowledge, family support, duration of treatment affect the non-compliance of patients taking tuberculosis drugs.
The Relationship Between Knowledge and Attitude of Adolescent Female Students to Physical Changes During Puberty in Public Secondary School, Bogoro Branch Class, Liquiça District, Timor-Leste Pereira Ximenes, Imaculada; Jorge Pereira, Santiago; A.O de Oliveira, Felisbela; Seixas da Cruz, Oscar; Anatolia S.M. Exposto, Levi
Jurnal KESANS : Kesehatan dan Sains Vol 2 No 12 (2023): KESANS: International Journal of Health and Science
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54543/kesans.v2i12.224

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Introduction: Adolescence is a transition in a person’s life that changes from childhood to adulthood. Lack of knowledge of adolescent female students about the physical changes will cause anxiety, fear, shame, different feelings, and confusion. In this case, knowledge is the main component in shaping adolescent attitudes, inadequate knowledge will make adolescents tend to take the wrong attitude. Objective: The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between the knowledge and attitude of adolescent female students to physical changes during puberty. The research design was a cross-sectional study. Method: The study population was 104 and a sample of 51 adolescent female students was taken using the proportional stratified random sampling technique. Result and Discussion: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the knowledge of adolescent female students (p-value = 0.012), and attitudes of adolescent female students (p-value = 0.000) to physical changes during puberty. Conclusion: It was concluded that there was a significant relationship between the knowledge and attitudes of adolescent female students to physical changes during puberty.
Co-Authors A.O de Oliveira, Felisbela Anatolia S.M. Exposto, Levi Jorge Pereira, Santiago Pereira Ximenes, Imaculada