Hubungan Komunikasi Teraupetik Perawat dengan Anggota Keluarga terhadap Tingkat Kecemasan Keluarga pada Pasien yang dirawat di Unit Perawatan Kritis di RSUD Dr. Moewardi Surakarta

Abstract

For alive we never escape for Communication activities, including communication between the nurse with the patient's family members. Lack of communication is established between the nurse with a family member can cause anxiety for family members who bring patients, especially patients who are being treated in the ICU. The results of preliminary studies that 3 members of family’s patient sad that they poor for informed by nurses, and 2 members of family stated that nurses when giving information was still medical language, so they still understand yet and to become anxiety. The objective was aim to know relationship between nurse of therapeutic communication with anxiety level of patients family treated in intensive care unit (ICU) at Dr. Moewardi hospital of Surakarta. The kind of research was descriptive, and using cross-sectional approach. Sample was 30 family members who had patients treated in ICU. Taking sample was using accidental sampling technique. Communication of nurse instrument and anxiety was using questionnaire. Hypothesis testing was using Kendall tau correlation test. Results showed that 14 respondents (46.7%), stated that nurses still poor in communication, 23 respondents (66.7%) in medium anxiety. The results of hypothesis test showed r = -0.380 p = 0.005 (p <0.05) and there was a correlation between nurse of therapeutic communication with anxiety level of patients family treated in intensive care unit (ICU) at Dr. Moewardi Hospital of Surakarta