Hubungan Motivasi dan Komunikasi Interpersonal Bidan Desa dengan Penemuan Kasus TB BTA (+) Puskesmas di Kabupaten Simalungun Tahun 2012

Abstract

The finding of TBC (tuberculosis) constitutes one of the early initiatives to anticipate the development of mortality rate caused by lung tubercutlosis in which, according to the result of the SIKRZ (family health survey) ii 2008, tuberculosis has caused the first largest number of death tn the infecting group. Some factors which inJluence the success in finding of the coses are motivatioi and thi capabitity of interpers onal communic ation among he alth workers The type of the research was obser-pational analysis with cross sectional approach.- The research was conducted at 34 Puskesmas (public health center) in Simalungun District from August until November 20t2. The population was all village midtvives who worked at 34 Puskesmas in Simalungun Dttiritt. The samples comprised 186 midwives in groups that achieved the target and did not achieve the target offinding the cases of BTA (+) lung tuberculosis. The data were gathered by using questionnaires, documentary study, and observation and processed by using bivatriate test and multivatriate test. The result of the research showed that the finding of lung tuberculosis cases in Simalungun District was significontly correlated with motivation as it was indicated by the third sub-variobles of motivation (the correlation between superiors and subordinates, welfare system, and work environment with the value of p < 0.05. The /inding of the cases of lung tuberculosis in Simalungun District was iignificantly

correlated with interpersonal communication as it was indicated by the sicind sub- voriables of interpersonal communication (supportive and alikeneis) with the value

of p < 0.05. Based on the multivatriate onalysis, the factor whtch signiJicantly in/luenced the achievement of /inding the cases of lung iuberculosis ln Similangun District in 2012 was the system of welfare, thot it, 57,4 fimes between 1,392 (the lowest limit) and l9|l,7times (the highest limit). It is recommended that the Simalungun District Administration should increase motivation and competence in interpersonal communication of village midwives so that their performance will increase, especially in finding the cases of lung tuberculosis