Abstract
know that they suffer from a disease, they will take more serious care for their health and take medication in accordance with doctors’ recommendation. However, there are still many patients with CKD do not comply with the doctors’ recommendation. Health belief is the belief adhered in undergoing medication will affect the believers’ health. The objective of this research was to analyze the correlation of health belief with fluid and salt restriction compliance in patients with CKD undergoing hemodialysis. This research employed quantitative design with cross sectional method. There were 150 patients with CKD undergoing hemodialysis in total that were taken as the samples. This research was conducted at Murni Teguh Hospital, Medan. The samples were selected by applying total accidental technique. The data were collected through questionnaires, and the analysis was made by using Pearson test. The results of Pearson test on the correlation of health belief with patients’ fluid and salt restriction compliance demonstrated value of p = 0.000. It indicated that health belief are correlated with the fluid and salt restriction compliance of patients with CKD undergoing hemodialysis. It is recommended that nurses improve their education quality and frequency by paying attention to patients.
Highlights
Penyakit ginjal kronik (CKD) stadium V merupakan kondisi menurunnya fungsi ginjal selama periode berbulan-bulan atau bertahun-tahun [1]
require special treatment for the medication recommended by doctors
that they suffer from a disease
Summary
Penyakit ginjal kronik (CKD) stadium V merupakan kondisi menurunnya fungsi ginjal selama periode berbulan-bulan atau bertahun-tahun [1]. Penyakit ginjal kronik di dunia saat ini mengalami peningkatan dan menjadi masalah kesehatan yang serius. Data yang diperoleh dari Indonesian Renal Registry menunjukkan bahwa jumlah pasien baru penyakit ginjal kronik di Indonesia yang mengikuti terapi dialysis pada tahun 2014 yakni sebanyak 17.193 dan pasien yang aktif mengikuti terapi dialysis sebanyak 11.689. Pada tahun 2015 jumlah pasien baru sebanyak 21.050 dan jumlah pasien yang aktif dengan dialysis sebanyak 30.554. Pada tahun 2016 jumlah pasien baru sebanyak 25.446 dan pasien yang aktif dialysis sebanyak 52.835. Kepatuhan pasien dalam merubah perilaku seseorang dalam mendapatkan pengobatan, mengikuti diet, dan melaksanakan perubahan gaya hidup sesuai dengan rekomendasi pemberi pelayanan kesehatan [5]. Kepatuhan pasien ini dipengaruhi oleh Health Belief yang berakar pada teori kognitif seperti keyakinan dan sikap yang berkaitan dengan proses berpikir dalam pengambilan keputusan untuk bertindak dengan cara tertentu. Pasien yang berpikir penyakit ginjal yang dideritanya dapat mengancam kesehatannya sewaktu-waktu jika tidak membatasi cairan dan garam dari asupan makanan dan minuman [7]
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