Indonesian Journal of Global Health research
Vol 6 No 5 (2024): Indonesian Journal of Global Health Research

Relationship between Temperature and Humidity with Tuberculosis Incidence in the Community

Muhammad Ikhtiar (Universitas Muslim Indonesia)
Mansur Sididi (Universitas Muslim Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Sep 2024

Abstract

The global commitment to ending tuberculosis is outlined in the End TB Strategy, which targets an 80% reduction in tuberculosis incidence and 90% reduction in tuberculosis deaths by 2030. Objective: found a relationship between temperature and humidity with pulmonary TB. This research is a quantitative research with a cross sectional study approach. Independent and dependent variables are measured simultaneously at the same time. The sampling method used is simple random sampling with a sample size of 138 Data analysis using the Chi Squaretest. The results of the chi square test obtained a value of p = 0.001 < 0.05, meaning that there is a relationship between temperature and humidity with the incidence of tuberculosis. Based on the results of the study, it was found that there were 73 respondent houses (52.9%) whose house temperatures met the requirements and 65 respondents (47.1%) who did not meet the requirements, meaning that there was a relationship between temperature and the incidence of tuberculosis. The results of the chi square test p = 0.001 < 0.05, which means that there is a significant relationship between temperature and the incidence of tuberculosis with a 4.66 times greater risk of getting TB. There is a relationship between temperature and humidity with the incidence of tuberculosis in Salo sub-district.

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IJGHR

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Education Health Professions Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Nursing Public Health

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