Gambaran Efek Samping Obat Antituberkulosis Pada Pasien Tuberkulosis

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that mostly attack lungs, yet they also possibly attack other organs. The use of tuberculosis drug oftentimes leads to side effects on the patients. This research intends to determine the side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs of tuberculosis patients. It employed a cross-sectional approach, in which the data were collected from questionnaires. As many as 50 patients were selected as the sample using purposive sampling, i.e., a sampling technique based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results indicate that the majority of the patients suffering from tuberculosis are men (27 people, 54%), aged 16-27 years (30%), graduating from elementary school (60%), with another job (farmer, 76%).  In addition, the frequently-occurring side effects include red urine (22%), nausea (18%), being limp (14%), vomit (12%), joint pain and itch (8%), and loss of appetite (2%).