RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL SUPPORT WITH TREATMENT COMPLIANCE IN PATIENTS WITH PULM ONARY TUBERCULOSIS AT BKPM KLATEN 2013rnrnAbstractrnFirdaus¹, Daryani²,Soetarmi³.rnrnBackground :rnTuberculosis is a infectious disease that cause death. Based on data from the world health (WHO) in 2007, he states the number of tuberculosis in indonesian state about 528 thousand people or was third in the world after India and China. Many factors identified as cause of high prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis, among other lack of patient compiliance in performing therapy that has been established from spouse, family, close friend co-workers, health workers, community organizations in respect to conducted therapy pulmonary tuberculosis.rnGoals :rnKnow of any relationship as social support with treatment compliance of patients pulmonary tuberculosis in BKPM Klaten.rnMethod :rnThe type of research is the correlatioan at 44 respondents with pulmonary tuberculosis (+) who underwent treatment in BKPM Klaten. Sample selected by pupossive sampling. Nature of this research is analytical descriptive. With the time approach used cross-sectional. Analysis of the data used is chi square. Data collection was conducted using questionnaires.rnResults :rnAnalysis data from 44 respondents obtained results social support in a give the treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in BKPM Klaten. Including in both catagories by 72,72%, as well as treatment compliance in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis BKPM Klaten including dutifully catagories by 63,63% p value=0,023 (α=0,05). rnConclusion :rnThere is a relationship between social support with medication adherence in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in BKPM Klaten.rnrnKeywords : Social support, treatment compliance, pulmonary tuberculosis patients.rn