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Efektivitas Cognitive Behavior Therapy Terhadap Peningkatan Quality Of Life Pada Pasien Thalassemia Effectiveness Of Cognitive Behavior Therapy To Improvement Of Quality Of Life On Thalassemia Patients.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas Cognitive Behavior Therapy untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup pada pasien thalassemia. Partisipan pada penelitian ini adalah 3 pasien thalassemia mayor, berjenis kelamin perempuan, rentang usia 20-25 tahun, memiliki kecenderungan kualitas hidup yang rendah terkait penyakit thalassemia yang dideritanya misalnya memandang diri tidak menarik, tidak berguna, ataupun tidak memiliki kemampuan. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah quasi experimental dengan One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Partisipan mendapatkan perlakuan berupa Cognitive Behavior Therapy sebanyak 6 pertemuan dengan 1 sesi persiapan dan 5 sesi terapi dalam waktu ±60 menit setiap sesi. Data diperoleh dari hasil kuesioner, observasi, dan interview. Kuesioner kualitas hidup yang digunakan merupakan adaptasi dari World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Cognitive Behavior Therapy efektif untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup ketiga partisipan yang mengalami penyakit thalassemia. Perubahan terjadi karena motivasi partisipan agar dapat merubah pemikiran negatif menjadi pemikiran positif ditandai dengan perubahan perilaku dari setiap partisipan menjadi lebih adaptif.

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Therapy to improve the quality of life in thalassemia patients. The subjects in this research were 3 thalassemic patients with major thalassemia. All of the subjects were women aged 20-25 years old and had a tendency to have a low score on quality of life which was related to their thalassemic conditions (eg. view themselves as uninteresting, useless, helpless). The design of the study was quasi-experimental design with One-Group Pre-Test-Post-Test Design. The subjects were given a treatment in the form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for 6 sessions, with one session of preparation and five therapy sessions within ± 60 minutes on each session. Data obtained from the questionnaire, observation, and interview. The questionnaire of quality of life used is an adaptation of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF). The results showed that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy were effective to increase the quality of life of the subjects who suffer from thalassemia. These changes occurred because all of the subjects were able to motivate themselves, so that they can change the negative thoughts into positive thoughts, which were characterized by the more adaptive behavior of each subjects.