Abstract :
Background : Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Pulmonary TB) is an infectious disease
caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. There will be an increase in
the number of pulmonary TB patients I 2021 globally by 10,6 mllion cases from
2020 due to the disease transmission process being easy and requiring a long
treatment process so that it can have a psychological impact on patients and can
affect a person's self-concept. Pulmonary TB sufferers need to get good family
support in order to reduce the psychological burden so that a positive self-concept
can be created.
Objective : To analyze the relationship between family support and self-concept in
pulmonary TB patients at Siti Fatimah Regional Hospital, South Sumatra
Province.
Methods : This study uses quantitative methods with a descriptive correlation
design with a cross sectional approach. The population was all pulmonary TB
sufferers in the polyclinic. Using a purposive sampling technique, there were 59
respondents. Data collection tools used family support and self-concept
questionnaires with Kendall's Tau test analysis.
Result : The results of the study showed that the average age of respondents was
36 years, with the characteristics of male gender being dominated by 35 people
(59.3%), the length of follow-up treatment (>2 months) was 33 people (55.9%),
good family support as many as 36 people (61%), positive self-concept as many as
50 people (84.7%). Bivariate data analysis shows that there is a relationship
between family support and self-concept (p=0.002 <0.005).
Suggestion : Encourage families to increase support for pulmonary TB patients
because good family support can increase positive self-concept in pulmonary TB
patients.