Authors:
Nasrudin
1
;
Ah Yusuf
2
;
Rachmat Hargono
1
and
Tjipto Suwandi
1
Affiliations:
1
School of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya and Indonesia, Indonesia
;
2
School of Nursing, Airlangga University, Surabaya and Indonesia, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Family Spirituality, Family Resilience, family stigma
Abstract:
The decrease of prevalence of leprosy has caused the leprosy patient and the families to a social stigma. In this case, the high burden of stigma received by the family due to the leprosy suffered by one of family members need resources, support, and resilience. It hopes that the family is able to perform its role in caring the family members who suffer from leprosy and reducing the stigma. The spirituality of family is an important factor of the value system and trust for family life in strengthening family resilience. This factor is influential on coping, support, family acceptance of leprosy patients and the process of treatment and stigma on family. By applying the theory of family resilience, the purpose of this research is to investigate of the family spiritual factor in overcoming stigma on the family. This research used a cross-sectional design. The research subject is 174 family of lepers, the population of the research in 15 health community service (puskesmas) in Jombang
regency of East Java. The samples are 120 families, taken using a Multi-Stage Random Sampling technique. The samples are 120 families, taken by using a Multi-Stage Random Sampling technique. The Hypothesis test used a chi-square test with a p-value <0,05. The result shows that 73 (60,8%) families had moderate and high family stigma while 46 (52,5%) moderate spiritual family and 60 (50%) of medium resilience. Furthermore, based on hypothesis test, it is obtained that family spiritual factor has an effect on family resilience (P = 0,000), and family resilience has an effect on family stigma (P = 0,000). The conclusion is that family spiritual factors influence family resilience to overcome family stigma. Therefore, it is suggested that the intervention to overcome the family stigma must concern with family resilience and family spiritual factors.
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