Pengaruh Kelembaban Udara, Suhu dan Kepadatan Hunian terhadap Kejadian TB Paru

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious disease. It spreads through droplets of people who have been infected with the tuberculosis bacillus caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Various strategies have been implemented to reduce the prevalence of pulmonary TB. However, in reality, they have not succeeded significantly. This research was a quantitative research with an analytical observational method. The research objective was to analyze the effect of air humidity, temperature and occupancy density as the cause of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence. The research was carried out from January to March 2021. The research results showed that most  respondents’ houses have met the healthy housing requirements based on the healthful housing parameters of both the control group and the case group. Furthermore, the statistical results of the three research variables showed that the state of the house temperature had a significant effect on the pulmonary TB.