REDUCING FATIGUE SCORE WITH PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER
Abstract: Physical problems
that often arise in children with cancer include fatigue. Fatigue or tiredness
is a condition that leads to stress and a deep problem for patients suffering
from cancer. Nursing interventions on cancer-related fatigue which quite effective
is regular physical exercise. The purpose of this study was to identify the
relationship of physical exercise with a score of fatigue in children with
cancer. The method used is descriptive analytic with cross sectional study. The
study was conducted in Child Care ward of DR. M.Djamil Hospital In May and
October 2015. The sample in this study were 30 children with cancer who
undergoing chemoteraphy that taken with accidental sampling technique. Data
collection was a questionnaire about fatigue scores in children and child
physical exercise performed before undergoing chemotherapy. Data were analyzed
by independent t test. The mean score of fatigue in children who do physical
exercise was 39.86 with a standard deviation of 6.98. In children who do not do
physical exercise, the average fatigue score was 46.62 with a standard
deviation of 7.60. it can be concluded that there was a significant differences
in fatigue scoring between children who did physical exercise and didnt do that
( p value 0.017). In conclusion physical education programs in patients with
cancer are hopefully controlled, coordinated and sustainable, and became one of
the nursing intervention in patients with cancer who experience fatigue.
Keywords: Cancer, cancer
medication, fatige, physical exercise
Penulis: Hermalinda Herman,
Dwi Novrianda
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd170081