Tuberculosis (TB) is a direct contagious infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. The bacteria commonly affect the lungs with source of transmission is the positive
pulmonary TB patient’s sputum or smear. Default patient’s treatment with pulmonary TB BTA (+)
was to take medicine for two months or more, respectively in the initial phase and in the
continuation phase. According to the WHO report, in 2013, drop out from treatment were
experienced by 194 countries as follows: Africa Region (14%); America (25%); Western
Mediterranean (13%); Europe (5.3%); Southeast Asia (21%) Western Pacific (3.9%). Timor-Leste drop
out problem was caused by migration. According to Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste, 2008, that in
the early phase of TB treatment (first 14 days), patients experience dramatic change in symptoms,
where they feel better and cured so they stop taking TB drugs. Objective: This study aims to
determine whether there was a correlation between variables of perceived recovery, migration to
drop out case of TB treatment. Method: This is descriptive study using case-control design. The
research samples were randomly chosen with a ratio of (1: 1) namely 57 of the case group and 57 of
the control group so that the total number of samples was 114 people, who meet the inclusion and
exclusion criteria. Results: There is a significant correlation between the feelings of TB cured with
drop out from TB treatment (p < 0.05), and there is a significant correlation between migration with
drop out from TB treatment (p < 0.05) Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between the
perceived recovery, and migration to the drop out cases of TB treatment.