Abstract:
Nursing diagnosis for psychosocial problems that is often complained by
chemotherapy patients is anxiety. Anxiety in cancer patients is often not
identified in oncology nursing care, especially at the beginning of patients
undergoing chemotherapy. The aim to know the effectiveness of State-Trait
Anxiety Inventory-Trait (STAI-T) instrument in measuring the anxiety level of
patients undergoing chemotherapy. A total of 33 chemotherapy patients were
involved in this study. Based on the assessment with open-ended questions, it
was found that 14 patients had no complaints of anxiety, 17 patients had mild
anxiety, and 2 patients had moderate anxiety. However, with STAI-T instrument,
different results were obtained from open-ended questions, 11 patients had
mild anxiety, 15 patients had moderate anxiety and 6 patients had severe
anxiety. Conclusion : STAI-T instrument that can measure the anxiety levels with
better sensitivity than open-ended questions for patients undergoing
chemotherapy
