Cognitive therapy : Self help group to stress levels in breast cancer patients in rsud Dr. Moewardi surakarta

Abstract

Background

Breast cancer is the second highest incidence of cancer in the world and so far the most common cancer in women. Breast cancer causes physical and psychosocial problems. Breast cancer patients have emotional overload and can trigger stress conditions after diagnosis and treatment. Cognitive therapy is one form of psychotherapy that is right given to cancer clients who experience anxiety and depression.

Method

The type of research used is research Quasy Experimentalwith a pretest-posttest control group design design. This study compiled two groups, namely the intervention group and the control group. Technique Probability sampling with method simple random sampling is used to get 50 respondents divided into 2 groups.

Results

The results of thetest Mann Withney show values p value 0.025 so that there are differences in stress levels between the intervention group and the control group.

Conclusion

The results of the study after being given an intervention that cognitive therapy: self help groups are effective in reducing stress levels in breast cancer patients.