THE PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS AND TUBERCULOSIS COMORBIDITIES IN INDONESIA
Bening Rahimi Titisari(a*), Clarissa Augustania(a), Astri Ferdiana(b), Ari Probandari(a), Vitri Widyaningsih(a)

a)Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
*dr.beningbiru[at]gmail.com
b)Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: The comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) are significant burden on the health system. This study aims to determine the prevalence of hypertension, DM and TB comorbidities in Indonesia.
Methods: We included 30,088 adults (aged >18 years) from the 2014 Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) 5. TB diagnosis was self-reported, while diagnosis of hypertension and DM were either self-reported or measured (blood pressure >=140/90 mmHg- A1c >=6.5 mg/dl). Descriptive analysis was conducted using STATA 16.0.
Results: Most respondents were female (52.82%), aged between 24-44 years old (45.62%), from urban areas (51.99%), never smoke (61.64%) and had normal BMI (39.60%). TB-DM comorbidity was 0.1% (95%CI 0.06-0.15), DM-hypertension comorbidity 3.77% (95%CI 3.49-4.08), and TB-hypertension comorbidity 0.35% (95% CI 0.28-0.44).
Conclusion: The prevalence of comorbidities of the three diseases is low, however screening of these conditions is essential to improve early diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords: prevalence, hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis, comorbidity

Topic: Public Health