The Relationship of Family Support with Decision Making Duration in Cancer Patient to Perform Mastectomy
Feny Tunjungsari (1*), Ayu Ratuati Setiawan (2), Mochamad Aleq Sander (3)

(1) Departement of Industry & Family Medicine , University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Malang 65145, Indonesia
*feny.tunjungsari[at]gmail.com
(2) Faculty of Medicine, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Malang 65145, Indonesia
(3) Departement of Surgery, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Malang 65145, Indonesia

Abstract

Cancer is a disease caused by abnormal growth of body cells that turn malignant and continue to grow uncontrollably. One of the treatments for breast cancer is mastectomy. The quickness of decision making determine the survival rate of prognosis patients. The aim of this study was to determine the relationshiop of family support with decision making duration in cancer patient to perform mastectomy. The method was an analytic observation method with cross-sectional design. The samples taken by purposive sampling method with 50 samples of breast cancer patients from X Hospital Surabaya. Data collected include age, last level of education, marital status, proffesion, stage of cancer during mastectomy, family support score, and decision making duration to perform mastectomy. The data analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis bivariate test. The bivariate test showed the relationship of family support (p=0.002) with decision making duration in breast cancer patient to perform mastectomy. In conclusion, there is relationship of family support with decision making duration in breast cancer patient to perform mastectomy.

Keywords: breast cancer, family support, decision making duration, mastectomy

Topic: Women and cancer