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Hubungan Beberapa Faktor Demografi dengan Tingkat Kecemasan Pasien Pasca Diagnosis Kanker di RSUP Dr. Kariadi Semarang (The Association of Demography Factor and Patient's Anxiety after Cancer Diagnosed in Dr. Kariadi Hospital

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Background: Cancer is associated with devastating and distressing condition due to its dead ly impact. This leads to anxiety in patients after cancer diagnosis is confirmed. The study was aimed to analyze the association of age, knowledge, socio economy, education and sexto the level of anxiety in newly diagnosed cancer patient.
Methods: The research use a cross-sectional approach which was conducted in 34 newly diagnosed cancer patient at Dr. Kariadi Hospital Semarang during December 2008. The inclusion criteria were cancer patients diagnosed from Pathology laboratory and receiving acycIe of treatment. The exclusion criteria were criticaliy ill patients, had psychology disorder and did not continue the medical treatment. The data was collected by questionnaire. Anxiety level was measure using Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRS-A) in Anxiety Analog Scale (AAS). The analysis of the data by using frequency distribution and nonparametric correlation spearman.
Results: The subjects consisted of 34, male 47.1% and female 52.9%. Most of them over 50 years old, had low education, low socio economy and low education. Knowledge (p

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Medica Hospitalia: Journal of Clinical Medicine,

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Semarang : Medica Hospitalia-Dr. Kariadi Hospital., 2012

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2301-4369

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anxiety
neoplasms

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