The Effect of Giving Garcinia Formula as An Alternative Food to Increase Weight and Hemoglobin Levels of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which attacks the lungs. Patients with pulmonary TB can be cured with OAT therapy which is consumed regularly for 6 months. There are side effects that cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, etc., which causes a little intake of nutrients so that it affects weight loss, and deficiency of protein and iron due to lack of nutrient intake causes hemoglobin levels to decrease. Management of
weight loss and hemoglobin levels in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis includes pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies that can be supported throughsupplementary feeding such as Formula Garcinia. Objectives:  To determine the effect of giving Garcinia Formula as additional food for gaining body  weight and hemoglobin levels for pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the Pulmonary Specialty Hospital in South Sumatera. Research Design is a quasiexperiment
with a pretest and posttest study design, analysis of data used is the Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney tests. Results. In the Wilcoxon test results were obtained if the treatment group or comparison both had an effect on gaining body weight and hemoglobin levels. Based on the Mann Whitney test showed that there was a significant effect in the administration of the Garcinia Formula for gaining body weight and hemoglobin levels (p = 0.000, p = 0.008) Conclusion. There is an effect of giving Garcinia Formula as additional food for gaining body weight and hemoglobin level for pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the Pulmonary Specialty Hospital in South Sumatera