Anxiety Influenced Sleep Quality Among Cancer Patients at the First Time of Chemotherapy

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10.2991/978-94-6463-467-9_21How to use a DOI?

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Anxiety Level; Breast Cancer; Chemotherapy; Sleep Quality

Abstract

Chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for cancer patients. The impact of chemotherapy is sleeping disturbance. However, there has not been much research regarding the factors that cause sleep disorders in patients undergoing chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between anxiety levels and sleep quality in breast cancer patients who will undergo chemotherapy. This research is a correlation study with a cross sectional approach. The number of respondents was 103 people using a consecutive sampling technique, who were patients who were undergoing chemotherapy for the first time, and had no history of insomnia, used the gamma statistical test. Based on the results of the analysis, it was found that of the 103 research respondents, the majority had the characteristics of being 50 years old, with the educational level characteristics of most of them having a high school education, namely 50.5%, with the job characteristics of most of them as housewives, namely 70.9%, with the characteristics of the stage of breast cancer, most of them still stage I, namely 63.1%. The research results also showed that 9.7% of respondents experienced mild levels of anxiety, 66% experienced moderate levels of anxiety and 24.3% experienced severe levels of anxiety. As many as 31.1% of respondents experienced good sleep quality and 68.9% experienced poor sleep quality. The results of the study show that there is a relationship between anxiety levels and sleep quality in breast cancer patients who will undergo chemotherapy with ρ value < 0.05. Efforts are needed to reduce the anxiety level of patients undergoing chemotherapy for the first time.

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AU  - Suyanto Suyanto
AU  - Aulia Irma Ardiani
AU  - Moh. Arifin Noor
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/07/22
TI  - Anxiety Influenced Sleep Quality Among Cancer Patients at the First Time of Chemotherapy
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Lawang Sewu International Symposium on Health Sciences: Nursing (LSISHS-N 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 217
EP  - 227
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-467-9_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-467-9_21
ID  - Suyanto2024
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