RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND ADHERENCE TO CHEMOTHERAPY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
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Cancer is one of the most common non-communicable diseases in the world. One of the most common types of cancer suffered by women is breast cancer. One of the management of cancer cases is by way of chemotherapy. Patients who undergo chemotherapy will have a greater chance of recovery compared to patients who do not undergo treatment. One of the factors that can improve patient compliance is motivation. This study aims to determine the relationship between motivation and adherence to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. The type of research used is correlational with a cross sectional design. Sampling using a consecutive sampling technique of 79 people, located at Bali Mandara Hospital. The research was conducted using the IMI questionnaire to measure motivation and MMAS to measure patient compliance. The results showed that breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy had strong motivation, namely 36 samples (45.6%). Meanwhile, 42 samples (53.2%) were obtained with high adherence to undergoing chemotherapy. The results of the Rank Spearman test showed a significance value of 0.000 (p < 0.05) which means that there was a significant relationship between motivation and patient compliance in undergoing chemotherapy.
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