Abstract:

Introduction:Pulmonary Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is very dangerous and can easily be found in the society. This study aims to determine the relationship between gender and caring experience of the families as Home-Based Treatment Observer with informational support for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Clients in Depok.

Methods: A cross sectional approach with cluster random sampling technique was applied. Informational support questionnaire is used for as many as 102 family’s Home-Based Treatment Observer who taking care of Pulmonary Tuberculosis clients as sample. Bivariate analysis was done using chi square test.

Results: The result of the chi squaretest showed that p valuefor gender variable was 0,038 meanwhile for the caring experience variable was 0,008 (p<0,05). There was a significant relationship between gender and caring experience with informational support given by Home-Based Treatment Observer to the Pulmonary Tuberculosis clients.

Conclusion:The majority of informational support given to the clients is more likely provided by the female Home-Based Treatment Observer orPengawas Menelan Obatand those who have experience in caring for them. Health education programs need to be designed where these two things should be concerned so that the provision of informational support by families can be increased.

Keywords: informational support, caring experience, pulmonary tuberculosis, home-based treatment observer, nursing.