PENGARUH RELAKSASI OTOT PROGRESIF TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN KEMOTERAPI DI RUMAH SINGGAH KANKER DENPASAR
Abstract: Cancer is one of
diseases that can affects all the group of ages. Once a person has claimed has
a cancer, the client will experience unfavorable conditions, such as
psychological shock, anxiety, fear, confusion, sad, panic, insecure, or feeling
alone and shadowed by death. Anxiety increases when the client visualize the
changes in his life in the future as an effect of illness or as a result of
treatment of a disease process. Progressive muscle relaxation is one of
systematic technique that is designed to help relieving the muscle tension and
decrease anxiety that occurs when someone’s conscious. The purpose of this
research is to know the influence of progressive muscle relaxation on the
anxiety level of patients with chemotherapy in the cancer home Denpasar. This
research is quasi eksperiment with pretest and posttest design with control
group. Sample retrieval using total sampling of 22 people. The treatment group
given the progressive muscle relaxation during the three days that is done
every morning and afternoon. The data collection was using the questionnaire
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) with ordinal scale. Based on statistical
tests Mann-Whitney U Test with a 95% level of confidence gained value p = 0.002
(p<0.05) meaning that there are influences of progressive muscle relaxation
on the level of anxiety. Based on the above findings, it is recommended to
recommend this exercise to the patients as one of the techniques for reducing
anxiety of patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Penulis: Dian Praptini
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd140167
