Family Support Increases Self-Esteem in Rehabilitation Stroke Patients

Abstract

Background : the number of hemorhagic and non-hemorhagic stroke increase significantly year by year and the number of rehabilitation stage stroke patient that has the problem of family support is still high. Purpose : this study aims to determine the corellation between the level of family support and the level of self-esteem in stroke patients in the rehabilitation stage. Methods : the type of research design that researcher used is a correlation test design. The approaching methods that used by the researcher is a cross-sectional study. The researcher uses purposive sampling based on the criteria that researcher made. To\xa0 obtain the data researcher uses 2 questionaire, that is Family Support Questionaire and RSES (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) Results : the result of this research is the value of Sig. (2-tailed) Spearman s rank test of family support with the level of self-esteem of stroke patients in the rehabilitation stage is 0.000 or p < 0.05. Next is the value of Sig. (2-tailed) Spearman rank test of emotional support and appreciation with the self-esteem level of stroke patients in the rehabilitation stage is 0.000 or p <0.05, instrumental support with self-esteem is 0.000 or p < 0.05, and informational support with self-esteem level. esteem is 0.01 or p < 0.05. Conclusion : there is a corellation between family support both in general and in the aspects such as emotional, appreciation, instrumental, and informational aspects with the level of self-esteem in stroke patients in the rehabilitation stage.