RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROACTIVE COPING AND SELF-CARE MANAGEMENT IN PATIENT WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
ABSTRACT: Patient with
pulmonary tuberculosis not only experience physical problems but also face
psychosocial problems and it can get worse during the treatment phase that
gives impact on patients’ self-care. In order to prevent further impacts on
patients, proactive coping is needed.
This study was aimed to identify the relationship between proactive
coping and self-care management in pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Methods:
This study was a cross-sectional research. As many as 105 respondents taken
with consecutive sampling technique. The inclusion criteria of respondent were
pulmonary tuberculosis patients both in intensive and continuous phase. This
research was conducted in three primary public health care center in Surabaya,
East Java, Indonesia. The variables were proactive coping that was measured by
Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI) and self-care management that was measured by
Self-care Management questionnaire. The data was analyzed using Spearman test.
Results: This study showed that proactive coping had a positive correlation
with self-care management in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (p= 0.000; r=
0,848). Conclusion: This study shows a strong correlation between the
variables, whereas the higher the level of proactive coping, the better the
self-care management in pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Further research can
find out the factors that influence the proactive coping in pulmonary
tuberculosis patients thus can improve the self-care behavior.
KEYWORDS: coping proactive,
self-care management, pulmonary tuberculosis
Author: Dr. Tintin Sukartini,
M.Kes., Febrina Ramadhani S.Kep, Laily Hidayati, M.Kep
Journal Code: jpkesmasgg170066
