The prevalence of hypertension globally affects 22% of the world's population, and 36% of the incidence rate in Southeast Asia as well as in Indonesia continues to increase. Elderly with hypertension require special care and attention, family support is needed to remind them of medication adherence. The purpose of the study was to determine the correlation of family support and hypertension medication adherence in the elderly at Public Health Center of Simpang Tiga Pekanbaru. Desain of this study is descriptive correlation using cross sectional approach. Sample of this study consists of 112 elderly people with hypertension taken by purposive sampling technique. The instruments in his study used a Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) questionnaire and a family support questionnaire. The data analysis used is chi-square. The results of the study from good family support were 59 (52.7%) respondents, family support was sufficient as many as 26 (23.2%) respondents, and families were less as many as 27 (24.1%) respondents. Meanwhile, the results of compliance with hypertension drug consumption were 63 (56.3%) respondents and non-compliance with drug consumption as many as 49 (43.8%) respondents. The results of the Chi-Square statistical test obtained a p-value of 0.002 (p<0.05) meaning that there was a significant relationship between the relationship of family support to adherence to hypertension drug consumption in the elderly at the Public Health Center of Simpang Tiga Pekanbaru. The recommendations of this study are expected by families to always provide motivation and accompany the elderly in their control and activities.
Uncontrolled hypertension leads to complex problems experienced by patient as the complication of the hypertension. The patient's ability to do self-care (self-care agency) is essential and recommended to control hypertension. Age, sex, education, occupation, marital status, decision making, duration of hypertension, lifestyle, and insurance availability are contributed to the self-care agency. Nurses and patients should be able to know and understand these self-care agency related factors. The aim of this study was to identify self-care agency relating factors of hypertension patients in Pekanbaru. This study conducted using a quantitative approach with cross sectional design and involving 100 hypertension patients who recruited using purposive sampling techniques. Self-care agency was measure using exercise of self-care agency (ESCA) questionnare. Data were analyzed using Spearman test and Chi Square test to determine the relation of each factors on self-care agency and multivariate logistic regression test to determine the most related factors on self-care agency. The result showed that there were a significant different of age (p=0.048), education (p=0.002), gender (p= 0.025), health insurance (p=0.027), and life style (p=0.003) with self-care agency. Meanwhile, there were no signifcant different of occupation (p=1.000), decision making (p=0.800), marital status (p=1.000), and duration of hypertension (p=0.567) with self-care agency. Multivariate analysis revealed that the most influence factor for self-care agency is life style. This study suggest the nurses in improving self-care agency of hypertension patients must concern about patient lifestyle and help patient to modify their lifestyle.
Progresifitas penyakit gagal ginjal berdampak pada memburuknya kondisi pasien dengan munculnya berbagai komplikasi. Akibatnya pasien harus diberikan berbagai terapi pengobatan, salah satunya hemodialisa demi mempertahankan hidupnya. Hemodialisa (HD) selain membantu mengatasi keluhan pasien, juga dapat memberikan efek negatif bagi fisik maupun psikologis pasien. Selain itu, merebaknya kasus covid-19 dapat mempengaruhi pasien yang harus tetap melakukan HD sesuai jadwal. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis tingkat stres pada pasien yang menjalani hemodialisa di RSUD Arifin Achmad Propinsi Riau selama pandemi covid-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kuantitatif dengan desain cross-sectional. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 47 pasien yang menjalani HD diambil secara accidental sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner Depression Anxiety Stres Scale 42 (DASS) dengan berfokus pada dimensi stres. Hasil penelitian didapatkan sebagian besar responden laki-laki sebanyak 29 orang (61,7%), berusia >45 tahun sebanyak 33 orang (70,2%), dan menjalani HD >6 bulan sebanyak 29 orang (61,7%). Responden paling banyak melakukan HD 2 kali dalam seminggu sejumlah 27 orang (57,4%) dengan durasi HD >4 jam sebanyak 25 orang (53,2). Hasil analisis juga menunjukkan sebagian besar responden mengalami stres sangat berat sebanyak 27 orang (57,5%). Berdasarkan hasil ini, direkomendasikan kepada petugas HD untuk dapat mengedukasi pasien dan memberdayakan peer group guna untuk mengontrol atau mengurangi tingkat stres pasien.
Background: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is divided into 3 levels, the use of which is adjusted to the location of health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second level of PPE is intended for health workers who work in patient care rooms. One of the causes of high cases of nurses contracting viral infections is the lack of knowledge and compliance in using PPE. Purpose: The aim of this study was to find out the correlation between knowledge and nurse compliance in the use of PPE level 2. Methods: This study was a quantitative research with correlational analytic type. The number of respondents was 62 nurses. Collecting data using a knowledge (8 qoestions) and compliance (10 questions) questionnaire of nurses in the use of PPE level 2. The analysis used was univariate and bivariate analysis with the Pearson Product Moment test with level of significance at the alpha = 0.05. Results: The results of the univariate analysis of knowledge obtained a mean value of 6.16 with a standard deviation of 1.04 and nurses’ compliance obtained a mean value of 34.67 with a standard deviation of 3.56. The results of the study concluded that there was no significant correlation between knowledge and nurse compliance in the use of PPE level 2 in Petala Bumi Hospital, Riau Province with p = 0.513 and r = 0.085. Conclusions: This study suggests that nurses increase knowledge and compliance with the use of level 2 PPE in providing nursing services by attending training, seminars and workshops on preventing disease transmission, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chemotherapy is one of the actions taken to treat patients with cancer. Chemotherapy can cause physical changes that cause body image disturbances in cancer patients. Family support is needed to overcome psychological problems and improve the quality of life of cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between family support and body image of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at Santa Maria Hospital Pekanbaru. This research is a quantitative research with a cross sectional research design. The sample in this study were 30 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy using accidental sampling technique. The analysis carried out is univariate and bivariate analysis using chi-square. The results showed that there were 14 people (46.7%) of good family support and 15 (50%) good body image. The results of the analysis showed that there was no significant relationship between family support and body image of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at Santa Maria Hospital Pekanbaru (p value = 0.272). This study suggests that nurses in providing nursing care can improve the body image of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Abstrak Kemoterapi merupakan salah satu tindakan yang dilakukan untuk mengobati pasien dengan kanker. Tindakan kemoterapi dapat menyebabkan terjadinya perubahan fisik yang menimbulkan gangguan citra tubuh pada pasien kanker. Dukungan keluarga sangat dibutuhkan untuk mengatasi permasalahan psikologis dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup pasien kanker. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan dukungan keluarga dengan citra tubuh pasien kanker yang menjalani kemoterapi di Rumah Sakit Santa Maria Pekanbaru. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain penelitian cross sectional. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah pasien kanker yang menjalani kemoterapi berjumlah 30 orang dengan teknik accidental sampling. Analisis yang dilakukan adalah analisis univariat dan bivariate dengan menggunakan chi-square. Hasil penelitian didapatkan gambaran dukungan keluarga baik sebanyak 14 orang (46.7%) dan citra tubuh baik sebanyak 15 orang (50%). Hasil analisis biariat menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara dukungan keluarga dengan citra tubuh pasien kanker yang menjalani kemoterapi di Rumah Sakit Santa Maria Pekanbaru (p value= 0.272). Penelitian ini menyarankan perawat dalam memberikan asuhan keperawatan dapat meningkatkan citra tubuh pasien kanker yang menjalani kemoterapi.
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