Pengaruh Psychoeducational Parenting terhadap Kecemasan Orang Tua yang Mempunyai Anak Penyandang Thalassemia Mayor

Abstract

This study aimed to studying the influence of psychoeducational parenting on parents anxiety who have children with thalassemia major. This research used a quasi experiment design using pretest and posttest approach with control group design. The sampling technique used consecutive sampling technique with the number of samples of 42 respondents consisting of 21 controls and 21 experiments. The results showed that there was a psychoeducational parenting effect on the anxiety of parents who have children with thalassemia major (p value 0,006). There was no influence of age, education, employment, family income, and the presence of children with thalassemia in the family factors on the anxiety of parents who have children with thalassemia major. Psychoeducational parenting showed a decrease on anxiety scores higher than conventional counseling.
 Keywords : Anxiety, Psychoeducational Parenting, Thalassemia

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