ABSTRACT:

The research entitled THE INFLUENCE OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION TO THE LEVEL OF PATIENTS’ ANXIETY IN RST Dr. SOEDJONO MAGELANG ICU was conducted on May 1 st, 2007 until June 30th, 2007. Anxiety is a feeling of worry that is expressed in order to face threat from outside whether they are real or unreal. A way to overcome the anxiety is giving the therapeutic communication. The research goal is to find out how the influence of therapeutic communication of client treated in ICU and to find out the illustration of anxiety level before and after treatment by therapeutic communication. This research is stake to be an experiment research, one group pre-test – post-test research. The subjects are 30 clients treated in ICU. The anxiety level is measured by the research instrument named Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRS-A). The statistical analysis test is carried out by using t-test in pre-test and post-test design. The result is t=19,746 > t table (d.f=29 t table=2,045) and the level of significance is 1%. The conclusion of the research is therapeutic communication has an influence to reduce patients’ anxiety level in ICU.

KEYWORDS:

Communication, Therapeutic, Anxiety, Clients

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