Faktor – Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kecemasan Pasien yang akan menghadapi Operasi Spine di Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Haji Adam Malik Medan Tahun 2022

Abstract

Background. Anxiety is a risk factor for complications in spinal surgery. Patients with anxiety often get poor surgical results, this can affect the quality of rehabilitation in patients. By expecting good surgical quality for patients, it is necessary to identify anxiety factors. AIM. This study aims to identify the factors that influence the anxiety of patients who will face spine surgery at RSUP HAM. Methods. This research is analytic observational with a cross sectional research design. The population in this study were patients undergoing spine surgery at RSUP HAM in 2022, totaling 75 patients. the research sample was 60 respondents who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data analysis used univariate analysis techniques to see the distribution of frequencies, bivariate analysis to see the relationship between variables. Results. This study found 45% of patients who experienced preoperative spinal anxiety. Characteristics of patients who experience anxiety, namely, patients with an age range of 18-25 years are 29.6%, 26-35 years are 11.1%, 36-45 years are 7.4%, 46-55 years are 37%, 56 14.8% -65 years, 29.6% male patients, 70.4% female, 7.4% elementary school patients, 3.7% junior high school, 7.4% senior high school 66.7%, university 22.2%, patients undergoing surgery in the cervical region 18.5%, thoracic region 44.4%, lumbar region 37%, patients with good quality of information provision 96.3% and the bad as much as 3.7%. A significant relationship was found between age (P=0.022) and gender (P=0.04) of the patient in influencing patient anxiety. Conclusion. Age and gender are predictors in influencing the anxiety of preoperative spine patients. No significant relationship was found between educational background, location/region of surgery, and the quality of providing information in influencing the anxiety of preoperative spine patients.