Family Therapy is Effective to Enhance Family Self-Sufficiency to Care For Elderly Family Members with Hypertension
Authors: Iskandar Asep , Pratama Koernia Nanda , Setiyani Rahmi 
Published: June 2019

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" lang="SV">Hypertension is a one of the most common medical problems affecting the elderly</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" lang="SV">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="SV">Strategies to manage the problem is already developed. However, patient's compliance, particularly elderly, to follow hypertension management is considered low.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="EN-ID">Some factors contributed to patient's non-compliance behavior are including lack of motivation and family support. Lack of family support was associated to lack of family self-sufficiency for hypertension management.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This study aimed at determines the effect of family therapy on family self-suffienciency in managing hypertension. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">This study used quasy experimental study with control group design.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">A total of 40 families which divided into two groups (treatment group and control group) were involved in this study.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Samples in each group (20 families each) were assigned using simple random sampling technique.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Level of family self-sufficiency was determined using Indonesian Ministry of Health definition. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Data was analyzed using Wilcoxon test.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">Result showed that there was a significant difference in family self </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">sufficiency </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">level before and after intervention (p=0.000).</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thus, it can be concluded that f</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">amily therapy is effective to enhance family</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> self-sufficiency to care for </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;" lang="IN">elderly family member</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IN; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="IN"> with hypertension. </span></p>