The Correlation between Knowledge and Contact History with Incidence of Leprosy in Bireuen District, Aceh, Indonesia

Kanna Inne Raisa, Safarianti, Fitria Salim

2018

Abstract

Leprosy is a chronic infectious diseases which has become a public health problem in Indonesia, including at Bireuen District, Aceh Province. This study used observational analytic with a case control approach in Bireuen District, Aceh Province. This study aims to analyze the correlation between knowledge about leprosy, and contact history with leprosy patient with incidence of leprosy. The ratio of case and control was 1:1, with a total sample of 90 consisting of 45 cases and 45 controls. This study used total sampling in case group and purposive sampling in control group. The data were analized with Mann-Whitney, Chi-square, and logistic regression test. The logistic regression test results showed that the major constribution of the transmission of leprosy were knowledge about leprosy (p=0,004; OR=9,699; 95% CI 2,072-45,404), and contact history with leeprosy patient (p=0,006; OR=36,974; 95% CI 2,844-480,606). In conclusion, there was a correlation between knowlegde and contact history with leprosy patient towards leprosy in Bireuen District, Aceh Province.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Raisa K., Salim F. and Safarianti. (2018). The Correlation between Knowledge and Contact History with Incidence of Leprosy in Bireuen District, Aceh, Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS, ISBN 978-989-758-438-1, pages 168-171. DOI: 10.5220/0008788301680171

in Bibtex Style

@conference{skic-mhs18,
author={Kanna Inne Raisa and Fitria Salim and Safarianti},
title={The Correlation between Knowledge and Contact History with Incidence of Leprosy in Bireuen District, Aceh, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,},
year={2018},
pages={168-171},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008788301680171},
isbn={978-989-758-438-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,
TI - The Correlation between Knowledge and Contact History with Incidence of Leprosy in Bireuen District, Aceh, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-438-1
AU - Raisa K.
AU - Salim F.
AU - Safarianti.
PY - 2018
SP - 168
EP - 171
DO - 10.5220/0008788301680171