The Effect of Family Room Lighting on Incidence of Positive AFB Lung TB in Serdang Bedagai Regency

Ika Dewi Purba (Master student in Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan)
Rahayu Lubis (Lecturer in Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan)
Nurmaini (Lecturer in Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan)

Britain International of Exact Sciences Journal (BIoEx Journal)
Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Britain International of Exact Sciences Journal, January

The aims of the study is to find out the effect of lighting in family room. This type of research uses observational analytic studies with case-control study designs. The result of the study shows that there is the effect of lighting in the family room (p = 0.010, OR = 4.125, 95% CI = 1,473 - 11,555), lighting in the room (p = 0.009, OR = 3.167, 95% CI = 1,398-7,174) with the incidence of pulmonary TB, while the incidence of pulmonary TB disease, whereas occupancy density had no effect (p = 0.263). The result of multivariate analysis showed that lighting in the family room had the strongest influence with TB disease (p = 0.001 and Exp (B) of 24.560).