Abstract:
Decreased body function experienced by people with chronic renal failure
with hemodialysis therapy can cause patients to experience physical weakness,
which is unable and helpless because of physical limitations that require support
from his family. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of
family support in patients with chronic kidney failure undergoing hemodialysis.
The design of this research is descriptive. The study population was all patients
with chronic kidney failure who undergoing hemodialysis at Prof. Hospital Dr.
Soekandar Mojokerto Regency was 120 people. The sampling technique in this
study was consecutive sampling, and the samples found in the period of the study
were 45 people. The time of the study was conducted in May 2020. The
instrument used in this Study was family support questionnaire that adopted from
nursalam (2016) . The results of this study suggested that respondents who got
adequate support from their families are 27 people (60%) , and those who got
good support as many as 18 people (40%) . The analysis suggested that the
majority of respondents received family support in the sufficient category. This
was due to the age of respondents who were not too old so they could still do
activities without a lot of help, sufficient income so that financial assistance from
families was not really needed, secondary education that made patients able to dig
up their own information without much help from the family.
