THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ROLES OF THE FAMILY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS DURING A RELAPSE AT THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL OF RADJIMAN WEDIODININGRAT LAWANG MALANG

Abstract

Background: Schizophrenia is a sign of a disorder characterized by loss of thought processes, perceptual disturbances, and low emotional response. With a client who has schizophrenia, the family has a significant role. Families can carry out positive stimulus support as a feeling of affection and appreciation, guiding positive communication, spending time together, and heading in spiritual practice to schizophrenic patients. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to see whether there was a relationship between the role of the schizophrenia patient's family at the time of relapse. Methods: This research method used cross-sectional consisting of 21 populations where the respondents were families who accompanied patients when they were going to be hospitalized because of a relapse at Radjiman Wediodiningrat Hospital Lawang Malang. sampling using the Accidental Sampling technique by distributing questionnaires and the data was analyzed using Chi-Square. Results: Researchers used age, education, occupation, gender, family role with schizophrenic clients, domicile, how often was hospitalized, clients had previously done alternative medicine or medical treatment, family roles, and Relapse. The results of this study indicate that there is no significant relationship between the role of the family in schizophrenic patients and the occurrence of relapse because the results show (p = 0.238 > 0.05) H1 is rejected and H0 is accepted. Conclusion: The results of the conclusions show that there is no relationship between the role of the schizophrenic patient's family at the time of relapse in the RSJ. Radjiman Wediodiningrat Lawang.