Program Intervensi Berbasis Mindfulness untuk Meningkatkan Kesejahteraan Psikologis Caregiver Pasien Kanker Anak

Abstract

Diagnosis cancer in children can be extremely stressful for caregiver. Caregiver are “hidden patients” who have suffered from physical and psychological problems. However, only few program address the needs caregivers of children with cancer. This research aims to enhance psychological well-being (PWB) using mindfulness based intervention for caregiver. Participants of this study are 6 caregivers of children with cancer in Yayasan Kanker Anak Yogyakarta. The research design is one group pretest-postest design. PWB scale used to measure caregiver’s well-being, given before treatment as pre-test and after treatments as post test. The descriptive statistic using wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test showed improvements in psychological well being’s caregiver but were not statistically significant (Z= -1.051, p= 0.293 (p>0.05). However, caregivers had improved in self acceptance after mindfulness program (Z= -2.207, p= 0.016 (p< 0.05).