Research Article
Correlation Between Tuberculosis And Nutritional Status Among Children In North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2302038, author={Putu Indah Budi Apsari and Bela Siska Afrida and Melissa Ronaldi and I Nyoman Supadma}, title={Correlation Between Tuberculosis And Nutritional Status Among Children In North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia}, proceedings={The Proceedings of the 1st Seminar The Emerging of Novel Corona Virus, nCov 2020, 11-12 February 2020, Bali, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={NCOV}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={corre;ation children}, doi={10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2302038} }- Putu Indah Budi Apsari
Bela Siska Afrida
Melissa Ronaldi
I Nyoman Supadma
Year: 2020
Correlation Between Tuberculosis And Nutritional Status Among Children In North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
NCOV
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2302038
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) and malnutrition are the main causes of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. Tuberculosis become worse if there are present of malnutrition. In contrary, malnutrition can be caused by chronic inflammatory disease such as TB. This study aimed to analyze the correlation between tuberculosis and nutritional status among children in North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. This cross sectional study recruited child TB aged under 18 years as participants. TB was diagnosed by TB scoring in Children, Tuberculin Test, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) and Thorax Photos, and nutritional status was assessed using Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) chart. Total 130 children were identified, 65 children with TB and 65 healthy children as control. This study showed that pulmonary TB was present in 72.3% of case, Lymphadenitis TB was 16%, and mixed pulmonary and lymphadenitis TB were 2%. Under-nutrition child was found in 63.1% of cases, malnutrition child was found in 29.2% of cases. There was significant correlation between tuberculosis and malnutrition among children (p<0.05). The highest proportion of TB was in children under five years (52.3%). TB is strongly correlated with malnutrition among children.
