Descriptive study of anxiety among chronic kidney disease patients underwent hemodialysis: Pilot study

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease is a kidney organ disease that cannot be cured, has been suffering for the whole life of the patient and must depend on a kidney function replacement device to maintain the sufferer life. Patients who have experienced chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis are difficult to cure and become a major problem for the world, especially the problem of the treatment costs are relatively expensive. Health conditions that are experienced is a crisis situation that can cause psychological disorders. Psychological problems which often arise in patients with chronic kidney disease is anxiety. This study aims to determine the anxiety of chronic kidney patients undergoing hemodialysis at Batang Regional Public Hospital (RSUD). This research type is qualitative research with a descriptive method of phenomenology. The subjects in this study were patients with chronic kidney disease who underwent hemodialysis at Batang Regional Public Hospital (RSUD). The technique used in taking participants using purposive sampling with the number of 5 participants. Data collection techniques in this study used structured interviews about anxiety in 3 aspects, namely physiological, psychological and affective aspects. Data analysis was performed by data reduction, triangulation and drawing conclusions. The results obtained in this study there are 3 aspects of anxiety experienced by participant namely physiological, psychological, and affective aspects. In the physiological aspects of patients complaining that it was difficult to sleep, in the psycho-psychological aspect, the patient still felt afraid of the affective aspects of the patient complaining of decreased patience and tension before hemodialysis.Studi deskriptif kecemasan pasien penyakit ginjal kronik yang menjalani hemodialisa: Pilot studyAbstrak: Penyakit ginjal kronis merupakan penyakit pada organ ginjal yang tidak dapat disembuhkan, diderita seumur hidup pasien dan harus bergantung dengan alat pengganti f