Abstract
Introduction: Alternative medicine are very popular today as a therapy that are believed to treat cancer. A phenomenology study was carried out to identify the experince of parent’s in using alternative medicine for children with cancer. Method: The method of data collection was indepth interview to eigth parents and data was analyzed by Colaizii’s method. Themes of this research are the impact of illness to children, parent’s effort, description of alternative medicine, the effect of alternative medicine for children, meaning of using alternative medicine and parents expectation. Result: No benefit effect for children and detterence effect in using alternative medicine are current fi ndings in this research. Discussion: Healthcare professional should concerned about using alternative medicine in children and providing adequate information regarding effectiveness and adverse effects of alternative medicine. Keywords: parents experiences, alternative medicine, children with cancer
Highlights
Alternative medicine are very popular today as a therapy that are believed to treat cancer
A phenomenology study was carried out to identify the experince of parent's in using alternative medicine
indepth interview to eigth parents and data was analyzed by Colaizii's method
Summary
Tema 1: Dampak penyakit pada anak Kondisi sakit akan mempengaruhi kemampuan anak untuk beradaptasi dalam melakukan aktivitas dan tugas perkembangannya. Masalah fisik yang dikeluhkan anak seperti terlihat pada pernyataan orang tua berikut ini:. Trus itu, ya lemes juga banyak tiduran..” (P3)“...terakhir aja dia drop drop, putih semua (menunjuk ke seluruh tubuh An M dengan mengayunkan tangan), jadi ga ada, tangannya putih (menyentuh tangan).. Partisipan juga mengungkapkan adanya masalah psikologis pada anak selama menjalani penyakitnya seperti malu, sedih, masalah sekolah, menarik diri dan emosi yang labil. (kan kata orang obat-obat seperti itu tidak ada efek sampingnya, itu kan cuma daun saja, jadi tidak ada efek sampingnya, seperti susu itu tidak ada efek samping, daun sirsak juga tidak ada efek samping, jadi setelah kita diberi obat sama dokter, nanti kita tambahkan dengan obat lain red) “...kan itu kato urang ubek-ubek kaya gitu kan ndak ado efek sampingnyo do.. itu kan daun senyo ndak ado efek sampiang nyo doh, kaya susu kan ndak ado efek sampingnyo, daun sirsak tu kan tu ndak ado efek sampiangnyo do.. setelah wak diagiah ubek dokter diawak ditambah lo kan.. jadi itu...” (P8). (kan kata orang obat-obat seperti itu tidak ada efek sampingnya, itu kan cuma daun saja, jadi tidak ada efek sampingnya, seperti susu itu tidak ada efek samping, daun sirsak juga tidak ada efek samping, jadi setelah kita diberi obat sama dokter, nanti kita tambahkan dengan obat lain red)
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