Abstract
Child health is a multifaceted problem which is directly linked to a large extent to mother’s health conditions, safe delivery conditions, socio-economic conditions of the family and the health care system. Over the time, the nation has implemented a number of child-centric programs, the poor health status of women and children in terms of high mortality and morbidity was another health priority in this country. Health facilities like hospitals and health centers were established for providing Maternal and Child Healthcare through antenatal, intra-natal and postnatal services. In addition, a number of special programs and schemes like immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases, nutrition interventions like iron and folic acid distribution and vitamin A supplementation, diarrheal disease control through Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT), Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) control program etc. were implemented over the past. In order to, ensure maximum benefit from these programs and to provide services in an integrated manner to these vulnerable groups strong monitoring system required.
Highlights
Patient anxiety; Port health center; Pre-hyperbaric therapy; Supportive psychotherapy; West Nusa Tenggara; The used of Hyperbaric therapy at Port Health Center of West Nusa Tenggara keeps increasing
2) Patients’ pre-hyperbaric therapy who experience mild anxious and are not anxious after having supportive psychotherapy have the same percentage of 45% and there are no patients with severe anxiety
Based on the conclusions above, suggestions that can be proposed to practitioners or the interest of further research as follows: 1) In order to prevent the failure of hyperbaric therapy, the health workers who are in charge at hyperbaric chambers of Port Health Center of West Nusa Tenggara to keep carrying out supportive psychotherapy before giving hyperbaric therapy
Summary
Patient anxiety; Port health center; Pre-hyperbaric therapy; Supportive psychotherapy; West Nusa Tenggara; The used of Hyperbaric therapy at Port Health Center of West Nusa Tenggara keeps increasing. The objective was to find out the influence of supportive psychotherapy toward patients’ anxiety against pre-hyperbaric therapy at Port Health Center. There was an influence of supportive psychotherapy toward patients’anxiety in pre-hyperbaric therapy at Port Health Center. This findings, can be suggested to the chair of the institution, the nursing management of Hyperbaric therapy chamber in order to maintain and improve the performance by conducting an effort of non pharmacologic in decreasing patient’s anxiety in order to undertake this therapy properly. Based on the identification of the problems, research question within this study is "How does the effect of supportive psychotherapy toward patients’ anxiety to hyperbaric therapy at Port Health Center of West Nusa Tenggara?
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