Hubungan Sosial Support dengan Motivasi Pasien Kanker Payudara yang Menjalani Pengobatan

Abstract

Cancer is a group of diseases that occur due to changes in body cells into abnormal cells. Treatment of breast cancer takes a long time and has a negative impact on the patient's physical and mental. The cause of the patient is not routinely taking chemotherapy treatment and leaving the chemotherapy treatment schedule in one treatment cycle because the patient's physical condition is not strong so he cannot continue treatment. This study aims to determine the social support relationship with the motivation of breast cancer patients undergoing RSUP treatment.H. Adam Malik Medan in 2014. This type of research is quantitative by using a cross sectional design. The population in this study were all breast cancer patients who underwent treatment in RSUP. H. Adam Malik Medan. The sample in this study were 95 breast cancer patients usingaccidental sampling technique. Based on the results of the study, the majority of the majority of social support was good (60.0%) and the treatment motivation of the majority of breast cancerpatients was poor (54.7%). There is a relationship between family support and motivation of breast cancer patients undergoing treatment. There is a relationship between the support of fellow breast cancer patients with the motivation of breast cancer patients who are undergoing treatment. There is a relationship of support from the community with the motivation of breast cancer patients undergoing treatment. There is a relationship between the support of health workers and the motivation of breast cancer patients undergoing treatment. The most dominant variable related to the motivation of breast cancer patients who underwent treatment was the family support variable (p = 0.003) with (OR = 4.749). It is expected that the RSUP H Adam Malik Medan regulates the nurse's working mechanism so that the nurse's performance can be maximized in carrying out their duties and can provide a good explanation for breast cancer patients about the treatment they will undergo.