Kondisi tidak menentu yang dialami anak dengan Acute Limpoblastik Leukemia (ALL) setelah kemoterapi sering membuat orang tua cemas, bahkan sampai panik saat kondisi anak semakin menurun akibat efek obat kemoterapi. Kecemasan orangtua yang berlebihan, akan membuat anak ikut cemas. Peran perawat dalam mengendalikan kondisi psikologis orangtua, supaya anak tidak ikut cemas sangat diperlukan. Salah satu upaya tersebut adalah dukungan sosial yang diberikan oleh perawat. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui apakah ada hubungan antara dukungan perawat dengan tingkat kecemasan orang tua pasien Acute Limpoblastik Leukimia di Ruang Anak RSUP Dr. Kariadi Semarang. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan discriptive correlation, dengan menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel penelitian ini 44 orang tua pasien dengan anak ALL. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas dukungan perawat kurang baik sebanyak 52,3% dan mayoritas tingkat kecemasan orang tua pasien adalah kategori cemas ringan sebanyak 40,9%. Hasil Uji bivariate menunjukkan ada hubungan antara dukungan perawat dengan tingkat kecemasan orang tua pasien anak dengan Acute Limpoblastik Leukimia (ALL) di Ruang Anak RSUP Dr. Kariadi Semarang dengan nilai p-value = 0,007 dan r = -0,401.
Kata kunci : dukungan perawat, tingkat kecemasan, kemoterapi
THE EFFECT OF THE APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES WITH SELF-EMPOWERMENT TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
ABSTRACT
The unstable condition in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) after the chemotherapy often leads the parents into anxiety, and even panicking when the children condition drops as the effect of the chemotherapy medication. However, the hyper anxiety may affect the children. In this case, the role of nurse to manage parents’ psychological state is significantly needed. One of the efforts to maintain parents’ psychological state is by nurses’ social support. This research was aimed to find out if there was correlation between nurses’ support with the anxiety level among parents of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients at pediatric clinic of RSUP Dr. Kariadi Semarang. It was a descriptive correlative research with cross sectional approach. The study sample was elderly patient with ALL. The research result showed that nurses’ support was mostly inadequate which was at 52.3% and parents’ anxiety level was considered to be mild anxiety with 40.9%. The bivariate test result show there was correlation between nurses’ support with anxiety level of parents of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients at pediatric clinic of RSUP Dr. Kariadi Semarang with p-value = 0.007 and r = -0.401.
Keywords: nurses’ support, anxiety level, chemotherapy