STUDI FENOMENOLOGI : PEMENUHAN KEBUTUHAN PSIKOSOSIAL PASIEN KANKER PAYUDARA YANG MENJALANI KEMOTERAPI DI RSUD TUGUREJO SEMARANG

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Master Program in Nursing Adult Nursing Concentration Department of Nursing Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University August 2017 ABSTRACT Gandes Ambarwati A Phenomenological Study: Fulfillment of Psychosocial Needs of Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy in Tugurejo Regional Public Hospital in Semarang xx + 107 pages + 10 tables + 2 figures + 12 appendixes Biopsychosocial changes which occur in patients with breast cancer affect the fulfillment of their psychosocial needs. Various efforts have been made to meet the needs of patients to maintain the integrity and achieve a balance. The purpose of this study was to explore the fulfillment of psychosocial needs in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. This study used a qualitative method with a descriptive phenomenological approach. The participants were eight breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy and chemotherapy. The data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using the analysis of Colaizzi. The results identified five themes, namely: 1) patients’ feeling after diagnosed with the disease affects their feeling in undergoing the treatment, 2) physical symptoms affect the patients’ self-concept, social aspect and spiritual aspect, 3) self-acceptance to cancer condition determines the coping strategies performed by the patients, 4) the needs of breast cancer patients included physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs, and 5) fulfillment of the needs of breast cancer patients was performed physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually. Based on the results of this study, it could be concluded that from the five main themes, the physical symptoms of breast cancer patients affect the needs and fulfillment of the physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects. This study recommends an urgent need for a particular form of nursing assessment especially for psychosocial needs and the way they are fulfilled. Keywords: Breast cancer, chemotherapy, fulfillment of psychosocial needs References: 105 (1984-2017)