PENGARUH KOMUNIKASI TERAPEUTIK TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN KLIEN YANG AKAN MENJALANI OPERASI DENGAN ANESTESI UMUM DI RS PERTAMINA BALIKPAPAN

Abstract

General anesthesia is the act of making the client unconscious with drugs and can be reversible to start surgery/surgery or other procedures. Anxiety is a response to a threat whose source is unknown, internal, vague or conflictual. Therapeutic communication is consciously planned, purposeful communication and its activities are centered on reducing anxiety/calming the client. This study aims to identify the effect of therapeutic communication on anxiety levels in clients who will undergo general anesthesia at Persahabatan Hospital with a pre-experimental design in February 2015 with a sample of 58 people. The results of the study showed that there was an effect of therapeutic communication on the anxiety level of clients who would undergo anesthesia P value (0.000) or P < 0.5. The results of this study are expected to be an input that can be a reference for policy makers (stakeholders), especially to be used as evaluation material in changes or strategies in the management of anxiety of clients who will undergo anesthesia.