A Retrospective Case Control Study: Consumption Pattern and Nutritional Status for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patient at Pakis Community Health Center District of Malang

摘要

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the control of the immune system, tuberculosis is a cell-mediated disease. The availability of food household and fulfillment of energy and nutrients will affect on nutritional status sufferers patient of TB during the healing. The purposes of the research to analyze food consumption and nutritional status to incident pulmonary tuberculosis. Observasional research with design case control study at Pakis Community Health Center District of Malang. There are 60 sample such as 30 as TB or case and 30 as non TB or control. As data research are characteristics (age, education, work, income, and all of members), consumption pattern level, energy consumption and nutrient level, and nutrition status obtained by interview and measurements. The result showed that consumption pattern of the control group better than patient of TB each as much as 60% and 33,3% appertain very low. The level of energy consumption, proteins >50% appertain deficit level mild to severe nutritional status of lacking to heavy in patient TB of 66,7%. Need more research about main intervention for patients of TB by counseling education consumption pattern on their low socioeconomic status and giving supplementary feeding high energy and micro nutrient supplementation.