Hubungan Antara Dukungan Sosial Dengan Kebermaknaan Hidup Pada Pasien yang Menjalani Hemodialisa di RS Khusus Ginjal Rasyida Medan

Abstract

This study aims to look at the Relationship Between Social Support with Meaningfulness Of Life In Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis At Rasyida Special Kidney Hospital In Medan. The research approach used is a quantitative approach to the type of correlation research. The population in this study were patients who underwent hemodialysis at the Rasyida Medan Special Kidney Hospital, amounting to 300 people. To determine the number of samples in this study using purposive sampling techniques, where the samples taken according to the objectives to be studied amounted to 40 people. Data is collected using a scale of social support and meaningfulness of life. Validity test uses content validity test in which obtained a valid coefficient of social support scale moving from rbt = 0.344 to rbt = 0.717 and the scale of meaningfulness of life moves from rbt = 0.312 to rbt = 0.491 with a significant level or p> 0.300. The reliability test used Alpha Cronbach which produced a reliability index of 0.917 for the scale of social support and 0.873 for the scale of meaningfulness of life. Correlation test is used for determine the relationship between the two variables namely social support and meaningfulness of life obtained through calculations with Product moment correlation. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between social support and the meaningfulness of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis at the Rasyida Special Kidney Hospital in Medan. This is based on the results of the calculation of the correlation r product moment, where rxy = 0.377 with a significant p = 0.05 means that the hypothesis proposed the more positive Social Support, the higher the Meaning of Life and vice versa the more negative the Social Support, the lower the Meaning of Life expressed received. The effective contribution of social support affects the meaningfulness of life by 14.2%.