The Influence of Nutritional Status and Ventilation on the Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Langsa

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary Tuberculosis is still a global health threat and the cause of the average of 1.3 million deaths each year. AIM: The objective of the research was to analyse the influence of ventilation and nutritional status on the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis at Langsa, in 2018. METHODS: The population was all pulmonary tuberculosis adult patients at Langsa, in 2018, with AFB+ of 315 people, and the samples were 116 patients in the case group and 116 patients in the control group. The data were analysed by using logistic regression with simple logistic regression test and multiple logistic regression tests. RESULTS: The result of multiple logistic regression tests showed that there was the influence of nutritional status (p ≤ 0.001; OR = 2.645 (95% CI 1.494-4.683) and ventilation (p ≤ 0.044; OR = 1.816 (95% CI 1.015-3.250) on the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis. CONCLUSION: To break off the chain of pulmonary tuberculosis contagion, it is necessary to increase people’s awareness of the importance of healthy life behaviour and healthful home by providing health counselling about the requirement for good nutritional status and ventilation.