IMPACT OF LIMITED ORAL ANTITUBERCULOSIS INFORMATION TO THE TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS' COMPLIANCE AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE

Abstract

The study about impact of limited oral antituberculosis information delivered by
pharmacist to patient compliance and their quality of life in two public health centers in
Yogyakarta has been carried out. This study was performed using cohort event
monitoring design, with 14 pulmonary TB patients and positive Acid Resistant Basil
were treated with oral antituberculosis (OAT) for at least 1 month and were older than
15 years old. We observed the compliance of one group of patients using oral
antituberculosis who were serviced with OAT information and the other group without
OAT information service. The patients’ compliance was checked by counting the
remaining OAT and by interviewing the patients, meanwhile patient’s quality of life
were measured by SF-36 instrument. The correlation between limited OAT information
service and patient compliance were analysed using Chi Square and quality of patient’s
life were analysed using Independent t-Test with 95% confidence level. It was shown
that characteristics of patients such as age, gender, education, duration of illness, and
Directly Observed Treatment involvement did not influence patient compliance. There
was no significant correlation between limited OAT information service to patient
compliance and patients’ quality of life (P>0.05). There is no impact of limited OAT
information service to the TB patients’ compliance and their quality of life. We
suggested that the further and deeply information service delivered by pharmacists in
the public helath centers in Yogyakarta should be carried out.