RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND SELF MOTIVATION WITH COMPLIANCE IN TAKING MEDICATION IN PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis is one of the diseases that causes the biggest death in the world. TB is a contagious disease that can be cured but requires a long treatment. One of the factors related to TB patient compliance in the treatment of one is family support and selfmotivation. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between family support and self motivation with medication adherence for TB sufferers in the Sawan I Community Health Center. This study was a correlation study with a cross sectional design. There are 53 respondents selected by nonprobability sampling with a purposive sampling technique. The data were analized with the Spearman rank test and the result was significant relationship(p value 0.000) and coefficient correlation was 0,545 which means it have positive relationship It means there was a significant relationship between family support and self motivation to medication adherence for TB patients at the Sawan I Community Health Center. In conclusion the better the family support and self motivation of TB patients, the more obedient TB patients in treatment.