The Influence Of Emotional And Social Support Of Comrade Integrity Level Of Depression In Women Breast Cancer Patients At The Hospital Dr. General Pirngadi Medan 2014

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10.2991/icosop-16.2017.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Comrade, Depression, Breast Cancer patient

Abstract

In general, there are three form of emotional response emerging in the patients with dangerous diseases like cancer such as rejection, anxiety and depression. Depression disorder in the patient with cancer is one of the mental disorder that most frequently occurs. The breast cancer patients need social support from the people surrounding them to alleviate their stress.The purpose of this quantitative study with cross-sectional approach conducted from May to June 2014 was to analyze the comrade support on the level of depression in the women breast cancer patients at dr. Pirngadi General Hospital Medan in 2014. The population was all of the women breast cancer patients who became in-patient and out-patient at dr. Pirngadi General Hospital Medan in 2014 and 68 of them were selected to be the samples for this study through consecutive sampling technique. The data obtained were analyzed through Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression tests. The results of this study showed that 8.8% of the breast cancer patients did not experience depression, 72.1% experienced mild depression, and 19.1% experienced medium depression. Emotional support (p=0.045), and social integrity support (p=0.009) had influence on the level of depression. The most influencing support was social integrity support. The women receiving good social integrity support was 11.270 times as likely to experience mild depression no depression compared to the women receiving poor social integrity support from their comrade The breast cancer patients are suggested to be much closer to their comrade that they can receive social integrity and emotional supports. The health workers need to know the level of depression, patient with medium category of depression are suggested to be handled by a Psychiatrist.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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AU  - Namora Lumongga Lubis
AU  - Indah Sari Dewi
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