THE INFLUENCE OF PROPOLIS ON HEALING PROCESS ATPATIENTS
WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISDESEASEON WONOAYU,
KREMBUNG, AND PRAMBON AREA IN SIDOARJO DISTRICT

Hotmaida Siagian*, Siti Maemonah, Yetty Wilda
Page No. 65-70

Tuberculosis is a lung disease that is common in developing countries. This disease is difficult to
eradicate because this disease is a contagious disease and the healing process that takes a long
time. Treatment of TB in Indonesia have followed the advice of the WHO, through DOTS programs
and the failure of the treatment is quite high which led to an increasing in the number of patients
with tuberculosis.Treatment failure can be caused by various factors, one of which is resistance to
Anti-Tuberculosis Drug. Propolisis ana turalimmuno modulator activity are known to have
antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antithrom boticand
improve there generativeability. The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of propolis on the
healing process at patients with pulmonary tuberculosisin PHCW onoayu, Krembung, and Prambon
area in Sidoarjo district. Design of the study is quasi experiment with approaches comparison
between control and treatment groups. Respondents from Acid-Resistant Bacteria positive beex
aminated and divided into control and treatment groups. In the treatment group will be given
Propolis for 1 month of treatment 2 times a day 5 drops each day. Then be compared with the
healing process Acid-Resistant Bacteria be examinated at 2 months after treatment. The results
showed that there were significant differences between the control group and the treatment group
and based on the Mann-Whitney statistical test showed that p=0.029 <α =0.05 so it can be
concluded that the administration of propolis can help the healing process of pulmonary
tuberculosis. Propolisas acomplementary therapy can be considered by the client and the nurse to
reduce healing failure of TB especially treatment TB in the community
Keywords : Propolis, PulmonaryTuberculosis, Acid-Resistant Bacteria examination.