Improvement of Psychological Responses, Spiritual Responses, and Cortisol Levels after Receiving Modification Psychoeducation in Lepers

Cucu Herawati, Agus Suwandon, Suhartono Putra, Suhartono, Hastaning Sakti, Syaeful Bakhri, Tia Karlina

2021

Abstract

Prevention of Leprosy Stigma Based on the Stigma Reduction Guidelines of the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP) has not been fully implemented into the Government's program efforts. Several previous studies have not had interventions that aim to increase anxiety and spiritual impact due to the stigma of leprosy. This study aims to increase spirituality, stigma, anxiety, and cortisol in leprosy patients. Modification of psychoeducation is a development of psychoeducational intervention with intervention topics consisting of knowledge management, relaxation, and prayer. The intervention was given in 5 sessions. This study used a quasi-experimental design. The number of samples is 35 respondents. To see if there is a difference in the mean before and after the intervention between the MP (modified psychoeducation), P (psychoeducational), and K (control) groups, data analysis used the dependent T-test and time-series test. Based on the research results obtained p-values in the MP group for spiritual response (0.0005), stigma (0.002), anxiety (0.0005), and cortisol (0.374). Spiritual response, stigma, and anxiety scores in the MP group experienced continuous improvement, and cortisol levels in the MP group decreased more gently than in the P and K groups. Psychoeducational modifications increased spiritual response, perception of stigma, anxiety levels, and cortisol levels compared with psychoeducational intervention. Psychoeducational modification can encourage the proliferation of T lymphocytes, especially cytotoxic T (Tc) which is needed for the body's resistance to leprosy to destroy cells infected with intracellular bacteria that can affect the leprosy healing process.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Herawati C., Suwandon A., Putra S., Suhartono., Sakti H., Bakhri S. and Karlina T. (2021). Improvement of Psychological Responses, Spiritual Responses, and Cortisol Levels after Receiving Modification Psychoeducation in Lepers. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche, ISBN 978-989-758-580-7, pages 193-201. DOI: 10.5220/0010810400003347

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icpsyche21,
author={Cucu Herawati and Agus Suwandon and Suhartono Putra and Suhartono and Hastaning Sakti and Syaeful Bakhri and Tia Karlina},
title={Improvement of Psychological Responses, Spiritual Responses, and Cortisol Levels after Receiving Modification Psychoeducation in Lepers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche,},
year={2021},
pages={193-201},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010810400003347},
isbn={978-989-758-580-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche,
TI - Improvement of Psychological Responses, Spiritual Responses, and Cortisol Levels after Receiving Modification Psychoeducation in Lepers
SN - 978-989-758-580-7
AU - Herawati C.
AU - Suwandon A.
AU - Putra S.
AU - Suhartono.
AU - Sakti H.
AU - Bakhri S.
AU - Karlina T.
PY - 2021
SP - 193
EP - 201
DO - 10.5220/0010810400003347