PENINGKATAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN ORANG TUA DALAM MERAWAT ANAK LEUKEMIA MELALUI PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN MENGGUNAKAN MULTIMEDIA

Abstract

Tujuan  penelitian  adalah  mengidentifikasi perbedaan  tingkat  pengetahuan  sebelum  dan  sesudah diberikan pendidikan kesehatan melalui multimedia. Desain penelitian adalah quasi-experimental pre test and post test nonequivalent control group design dengan pengumpulan data secara non probability sampling dengan metode consecutive sampling. Sampel penelitian adalah orang tua yang mempunyai anak leukemia yang sedang kemoterapi di RS Kanker Dharmais Jakarta. Tingkat pengetahuan orang tua terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan. Pendidikan kesehatan sebaiknya dilakukan secara berkelanjutan, sehingga dapat merubah perilaku orang tua.

The objective of this research is to identify the difference of knowledge before and after the health education was given through multimedia. Quasi-experimental pre test and post test nonequivalent control group design was used as the research design, in which data were collected by using non- probability sampling and consecutive sampling method. The sample of this research is parents who has children suffering leukemia and is undergoing chemotherapy at Dharmais Cancer Hospital Jakarta. There is a significant difference between level of knowledge. It is recommended that health education be given continually in ordered to succeed in changing parents’ abilities.