PSYCHOLOGICAL PARENTS IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC Iswanti Purwaningsih; Abdul Aziz; Sumarti Endah Purnamaningsih Maria Margaretha
Poltekes Karya Husada Yogyakarta
Abstract
PSYCHOLOGICAL PARENTS IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Abstract
Background: Children with cancer pose a major challenge for parents during the Covid-19 pandemic because cancer is an immunocompressed disease at high risk of infection. Concerns about corona virus exposure and treatment changes are a psychological distress for parents. Parental sociodemography such as gender, age, education, occupation, number of children, and marital status play a role in the psychological condition of parents.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the psychological status of parents in children with cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic
Method: this research used cross sectional research design. Samples of 46 respondents were taken with snowball sampling technique. Data analysis used Kendall Tau to determine the effect between variables
Results: there was a relationship between marital status and parental anxiety (p = 0,000) and there was no relationship between sex (p = 0.523), age (p = 0.740), education (p = 0.865), occupation (p = 0.093) and the number of children (p = 0.423) with anxiety levels of parents who had children with cancer during the co-19 pandemic. There is a relationship between marital status with parental stress level (p = 0,000) and there is no relationship between sex (p = 0.109), age (p = 0.212), Education (p = 0.451), occupation (p = 0.147) and number children (0.157) with stress levels of parents who have children with cancer during the co-19 pandemic. There was a relationship between marital status and parental depression (p = 0,000) and there was no relationship between sex (p = 0.523), age (p = 0.740), education (p = 0.866), occupation (p = 0.111) and number children (p = 0.423) with depression rates of parents who have children with cancer during the co-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: There is a relationship between marital status and anxiety levels of parents in children with cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic. There is a relationship between marital status and parental stress levels in children with cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic. There is a relationship between marital status and parental depression in children with cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic
Keyword: Psychology of parents OR children with cancer OR Covid-19 pandemic
Keywords: Psychology of parents; children with cancer; Covid-19 pandemic
