Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease with a high risk of transmission. Based on the Report South Kalimantan Provincial Health Office in 2017, discovered 6,656 cases / 10,177 suspected, the highest data per health center in Banjarmasin was at Pekauman Puskesmas with as 94 people with relapsing patients were 3 people and as many as 7 people died in 2018. This study aims to clarify the relationship between age, sex, medication side effects, knowledge, attitude of health personnel with compliance to anti tuberculosis drugs This research is an observational analytic with cross sectional design using purposive sampling technique. The population in this study were 45 patients and a sample of 30 patients. The instrument used was a questionnaire. Bivariate data analysis with fisher exact test because it does not meet the Chi-Square test is a normal distribution of data, frequency expectation value <5 and more than 20%. Based on the results of research knowledge variable (p value = 0.019) was associated with compliance to anti tuberculosis drugs. While the variable sex (p value = 1.000) was not associated with compliance to anti tuberculosis drugs. The higher the patient's knowledge, the more obedient to take anti-tuberculosis drugs.
