Knowledge in Handling Psychosocial Problems among Nurses on Disaster Response in Banda Aceh Hospitals: A Comparative Study

Cut Husna, Abdurrahman, Hajjul Kamil, Mustanir, Isna Maulida Roza, Teuku Tahlil

2018

Abstract

Aceh is vulnerable area and has high risk of disasters such as floods, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and tornadoes. Disasters have significant impact on physical, psychological and psychosocial of the victims. Some behavioral related psychosocial problems such as suspicion, irritability, withdrawal, silence, loss/increase in appetite, smoking, and drug abuse. Feelings and emotions are manifested by anxiety, feelings of guilt, grieving, denial, panic, fear, feelings of failure, and blaming others. Nurses who serve an important role in caring for the patients in the event of a disaster, are required to have extensive knowledge in handling psychosocial problems that have worse impact on the patients. The aimed of this study was to identify the knowledge differences in caring for patient with psychosocial problems in disaster response between Maternal and Child Hospital and Meuraxa Regional Hospital of Banda Aceh nurses. Both hospitals are a referral hospital during disaster. The research was comparative study with cross sectional approach. The total sampling technique was used to select 295 respondents. The data collection technique using questionnaires developed by the researchers consist of 34 items in dichotomous scales. The questionnaire has passed the validity and reliability test with a value of 0.811 and 0.958 respectively. The data were analyzed using independent t-test. The result showed that mean value at Maternal and Child Hospital was 91.84 with SD = 8.538 and in Meuraxa General Hospital was 94.84, SD = 7.436 with p-value 0.003 (p<0.05). There was a significant difference between knowledge in handling psychosocial problem in disaster response among nurses in both the hospital. It is recommended for the hospital policy makers to develop the disaster training and disaster simulation to manage psychosocial problems of patients.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Husna C., Abdurrahman., Kamil H., Mustanir., Roza I. and Tahlil T. (2018). Knowledge in Handling Psychosocial Problems among Nurses on Disaster Response in Banda Aceh Hospitals: A Comparative Study.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA, ISBN 978-989-758-406-0, pages 42-48. DOI: 10.5220/0008200800420048

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinna18,
author={Cut Husna and Abdurrahman and Hajjul Kamil and Mustanir and Isna Maulida Roza and Teuku Tahlil},
title={Knowledge in Handling Psychosocial Problems among Nurses on Disaster Response in Banda Aceh Hospitals: A Comparative Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,},
year={2018},
pages={42-48},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008200800420048},
isbn={978-989-758-406-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,
TI - Knowledge in Handling Psychosocial Problems among Nurses on Disaster Response in Banda Aceh Hospitals: A Comparative Study
SN - 978-989-758-406-0
AU - Husna C.
AU - Abdurrahman.
AU - Kamil H.
AU - Mustanir.
AU - Roza I.
AU - Tahlil T.
PY - 2018
SP - 42
EP - 48
DO - 10.5220/0008200800420048