Analysis of Internal and External Motivation Affecting the Adherence of Tuberculosis Patients Treatment in Public Health Center

The disease of pulmonary tuberculosis that occurs in adults mostly people who get a primary infection that is not handled properly. To achieve healing requires regularity or compliance treatment for every patient. Lack of adherence in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis either derived from the motivation or trust of the officers resulted in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis is not optimal.

This study aims to analyze the affecting of internal and external motivation toward adherence of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in Public Health Center. This study was conducted in Bati bati Public Health Center, Tanah Laut District, South Kalimantan Province from January to March 2015.

This research uses descriptive quantitative research design. The data used is the primary data obtained by interviewing the respondents by using questionnaires. Large Sample taken from the all of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are still undergoing treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in Bati-bati Public Health as much 40 patients. Data were analyzed used Partial Least Square (PLS) with T-test.

The results of this research are the T-statistic score of internal motivation influence on adherence of pulmonary tuberculosis patients to treatment is 2, 714, bigger than T-normal distribution table (1, 96), meaning significant, hypothesis 1 accepted. The T-statistic score of external motivation influence on adherence of pulmonary tuberculosis patients to treatment is 3, 742, bigger than T-normal distribution table (1, 96), meaning significant, hypothesis 2 accepted. Internal and external motivation shows significant affecting to adherence of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the treatment tuberculosis in Bati-bati Public Health Center, Tanah Laut District.