Support Group Therapy as an Alternative to Reduce Stress in Caregiver ODGJ Lombok Earthquake Victims

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10.2991/assehr.k.200220.036How to use a DOI?

Keywords

support group therapy, stress, caregiver, Lombok earthquake

Abstract

Psychological problems due to the earthquake in Lombok still leave various problems. One of them is increasing number of sufferers of mental disorders or is called people with mental disorders (Orang Dengan Gangguan Jiwa/ODGJ). Psychological problems experienced by ODGJ are quite severe, so that it causes stress felt by the ODGJ caregiver. Caregiver is someone who provides assistance to people who experience disabilities due to illnesses and limitations. This study aims to see whether the Support Group Therapy is able to reduce the stress experienced by ODGJ caregivers. The design of this study used a time series design using one group of subjects without a control group. Subject selection is done by matching, namely by determining the subject criteria used. Wilcoxon test analysis results show a critical Z value between −1.96 and 1.96, and a p-value significance value of 0.018 (<0.05) which shows a very significant difference in scores in the posttest and pretest, which means that support group therapy is performed in this group effective for reducing stress on ODGJ caregivers.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Syamsul Hadi
AU  - Dwi Widarna
AU  - Lita Putri
AU  - Dyah Luthfia Kirana
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/25
TI  - Support Group Therapy as an Alternative to Reduce Stress in Caregiver ODGJ Lombok Earthquake Victims
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Islam, Science and Technology (ICONIST 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 200
EP  - 204
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200220.036
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200220.036
ID  - Hadi2020
ER  -