Family-Centered Empowerment in Caring Children with Leukemia

Yuni Sufyanti Arief, Nursalam, I Dewa Gede Ugrasena, Shrimarti Rukmini Devy

2018

Abstract

Families of children with chronic illness often feel helpless in meeting their child's health care needs and they are faced with demands, challenges, and emotional and cognitive problems. Powerlessness experienced by the family affects the ability of families to provide care for their children. This study aims to analyze the influence of family empowerment on the family’s ability to care for children with leukemia. An explanatory survey research design is used with a population of 140 families with children suffering from leukemia in Surabaya. Independent and dependent variables in this research are the family-centered empowerment model and the family’s ability to care for children with leukemia, respectively. The results of this study indicated that the influence of family centered empowerment on a family’s ability to care for children with leukemia is equal to T = 3.9159. The application of family-centered empowerment, based on the improvement of family filial value, will affect the family's ability to care for children with leukemia. More research is needed on such family-centered empowerment models. Factors that affect family empowerment in caring for children leukemia can be considered when providing nursing intervention, especially nurses empowering parents caring for children with leukemia.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Arief Y., Nursalam., Ugrasena I. and Devy S. (2018). Family-Centered Empowerment in Caring Children with Leukemia.In Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC, ISBN 978-989-758-336-0, pages 576-579. DOI: 10.5220/0008328905760579

in Bibtex Style

@conference{inc18,
author={Yuni Sufyanti Arief and Nursalam and I Dewa Gede Ugrasena and Shrimarti Rukmini Devy},
title={Family-Centered Empowerment in Caring Children with Leukemia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,},
year={2018},
pages={576-579},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008328905760579},
isbn={978-989-758-336-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,
TI - Family-Centered Empowerment in Caring Children with Leukemia
SN - 978-989-758-336-0
AU - Arief Y.
AU - Nursalam.
AU - Ugrasena I.
AU - Devy S.
PY - 2018
SP - 576
EP - 579
DO - 10.5220/0008328905760579