ASSOCIATION OF NAUSEA, VOMITING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS Nonok Karlina, Erida Fadila, Ahmad Syaripudin, Uni Wahyuni, Dea Ananda Putri
Itekes Mahardika Cirebon
Abstract
Background: Nausea vomiting due to chemotherapy is a side effect that often occurs and gives many difficulties to cancer patients. Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy usually put nausea and vomiting at the most worrisome side effects of chemotherapy. Objective: This study determines the relationship between the incidence of nausea and vomiting with quality of life in chemotherapy patients in cancer patients.
Method: In this study it is descriptive correlational with cross sectional approach. The sample of this study was chemotherapy patients at Gunung Jati Hospital, Cirebon City. The instrument used is to use questionnaires. Data analysis using the spearmen rank test, was carried out on June 22 - July 8, 2022.
Results: Data were analyzed univariately in this study with the category of severe nausea vomiting as many as 33 respondents (50.8%) and quality of life with moderate category as many as 43 respondents (66.2%) in chemotherapy patients at Gunung Jati Hospital Cirebon City. The results of this study found a weak and negative relationship with quality of life in chemotherapy patients at Gunung Jati Hospital Cirebon, p-value = 0.001- α- = >0.05, r = -0.387.
Suggestion: for this study it is hoped that patients undergoing chemotherapy can control nausea vomiting by overcoming the effects of chemotherapy, and further improve their quality of life for the better
Keywords: Nausea, Vomiting, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy
