Family Therapy is Effective to Enhance Family Self-Sufficiency to Care For Elderly Family Members with Hypertension

Abstract

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" lang="SV">Hypertension is a one of the most common medical problems affecting the elderly</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" lang="SV">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="SV">Strategies to manage the problem is already developed. However, patient's compliance, particularly elderly, to follow hypertension management is considered low.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="EN-ID">Some factors contributed to patient's non-compliance behavior are including lack of motivation and family support. Lack of family support was associated to lack of family self-sufficiency for hypertension management.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This study aimed at determines the effect of family therapy on family self-suffienciency in managing hypertension. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">This study used quasy experimental study with control group design.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">A total of 40 families which divided into two groups (treatment group and control group) were involved in this study.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Samples in each group (20 families each) were assigned using simple random sampling technique.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Level of family self-sufficiency was determined using Indonesian Ministry of Health definition. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Data was analyzed using Wilcoxon test.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">Result showed that there was a significant difference in family self </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">sufficiency </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">level before and after intervention (p=0.000).</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thus, it can be concluded that f</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">amily therapy is effective to enhance family</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> self-sufficiency to care for </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">elderly family member</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IN; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="IN"> with hypertension. </span></p>

The Relationship between COVID-19 Prevention Measures and Quality of Life for the Elderly with Hypertension during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Furthermore, the results of a study conducted by Li et al (2018) indicated a relationship between a healthy lifestyle and the quality of life of elderly patients with hypertension. Continuous family support is expected necessary to maintain elderly's health, including their adherence to the treatment when they have disease (Iskandar et al, 2019).…”