Knowledge and Income Determining Treatment Options for BreastCancer Patients
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Title
Knowledge and Income Determining Treatment Options for BreastCancer Patients
Subject
breast cancer, income, knowledge, treatments option
Description
Breast cancer is still the most common case in many countries. Breast cancer can threat a person's
quality of life, especially for someone who has difficulty choosing treatment due to lack of understanding of
treatment options. In choosing a treatment influenced by knowledge and income which are internal factors that
must be present in determining treatment options, because it will determine the right choice of treatment. This
study aims to discover the choice of treatment in breast cancer patients based on knowledge and income. This
research is a cross sectional study. This study used secondary data from a Leading Tertiary Study grant in 2015.
Sampling in this study were 200 breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Data processing used
univariate and crosstabs techniques with the correlation test using Chi-Square. In this study, there was a
relationship between knowledge and choice of treatment, but there was no relationship between income and choice
of treatment. The conclusion from this research is the treatment of breast cancer is significantly influenced by the
patient's knowledge. this is obtained from the p value of 0.008 <0.05, which indicates that the relationship significantly influences each other It is hoped that this research can be a source of information that can be used by health workers in providing nursing care.
quality of life, especially for someone who has difficulty choosing treatment due to lack of understanding of
treatment options. In choosing a treatment influenced by knowledge and income which are internal factors that
must be present in determining treatment options, because it will determine the right choice of treatment. This
study aims to discover the choice of treatment in breast cancer patients based on knowledge and income. This
research is a cross sectional study. This study used secondary data from a Leading Tertiary Study grant in 2015.
Sampling in this study were 200 breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Data processing used
univariate and crosstabs techniques with the correlation test using Chi-Square. In this study, there was a
relationship between knowledge and choice of treatment, but there was no relationship between income and choice
of treatment. The conclusion from this research is the treatment of breast cancer is significantly influenced by the
patient's knowledge. this is obtained from the p value of 0.008 <0.05, which indicates that the relationship significantly influences each other It is hoped that this research can be a source of information that can be used by health workers in providing nursing care.
Creator
Oktavia Nur Azizah Jain, Laili Rahayuwati, Lilis Mamuroh, Kusman Ibrahim,Raden Nabilah Putri Fauziyyah
Source
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AeQ5dwLKTgTyjpmTF3OoYno5Dw7IfgyX
Publisher
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
Date
2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
p-ISSN: 1979-2697
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Oktavia Nur Azizah Jain, Laili Rahayuwati, Lilis Mamuroh, Kusman Ibrahim,Raden Nabilah Putri Fauziyyah, “Knowledge and Income Determining Treatment Options for BreastCancer Patients,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 10, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10606.