Abstract
The physical effects of cancer and its therapy can lead to an unpleasant emotional experience. Long-term treatment of chemotherapy and the presence of perceived side effects can cause anxiety. One of the nonpharmacological measures to overcome this anxiety is the relaxation of Progressive Muscle Relaxation therapy. to know the effect of relaxation Progressive Muscle Relaxation on the level of anxiety in cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy. Independent Variables are Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Dependent Variables of Anxiety Level. This research design uses Pre- Experiment with Pretest-Posttest approach design. Sample amounted to 30 people. Sampling technique Purposive Sampling. The tool used in the HRS-A (Hamilton Rating Scale-Anxiety) questionnaire. The research was conducted from March to April 2017 at Leprosy Hospital SumberGlagahPacet, Mojokerto. Progressive Muscle Relaxation performed one up to two times for 3 weeks with a duration of 15 minutes per session. The test statistic used is to use the Wilcoxon Rank Test test. Ï = 0.046 and α = 0.05 so that means H0 rejected and H1 accepted which means there is influence progressive muscle relaxation to the level anxiety cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy at Leprosy Hospital Pacet, Mojokerto. Progressive Muscle Relaxation is recommended as one of the non-pharmacological complementary therapies because this relaxation technique is easy to do and does not cost.
Highlights
Lifestyle changes and current environmental exposure cause a shift in the pattern and type of disease, one of which is the increased incidence of cancer among other diseases (Haryati, 2009 in Nova, 2016).Cancer is a disease caused by the growth of cells of body tissue that is not normal
Progressive Muscle Relaxation is recommended as one of the non-pharmacological complementary therapies because this relaxation technique is easy to do and does not cost
Data obtained 3 Respondents experiencing severe anxiety (60%), one respondent experienced moderate anxiety (20%), and one respondent experienced mild anxiety (20%) Which was characterized by symptoms of chest pounding, frequent urination, and anxiety
Summary
Lifestyle changes and current environmental exposure cause a shift in the pattern and type of disease, one of which is the increased incidence of cancer among other diseases (Haryati, 2009 in Nova, 2016).Cancer is a disease caused by the growth of cells of body tissue that is not normal. People still believe that a cancer diagnosis is thought to have an immediate meaning of death, and a painful death. Chemotherapy is one of the modalities of cancer treatment selected primarily to deal with locally advanced and metastatic cancer. Prevalence of cancer in the population of all ages in Indonesia in 2013 at 1.4 ‰ or an estimated 347,792 people. The province of East Java is the province with the highest estimated cancer patients, ie230 people (Infodatin, 2015)
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