Prevalence Anxiety Family Members of Patients Admitted to Inpatient Hospital Room during Pandemic COVID-19

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Anxiety is confusion or worry about something that is not certain with unclear causes, causing feelings of uncertainty and powerlessness over the assessment of an object. Based on data at Izza Hospital, the number of patients who were hospitalized in July was 427 patients. The increasing number of patients in inpatient rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic caused psychological shocks to family members which caused anxiety. AIM: The purpose of this study was to find out the description of family anxiety in the inpatient room during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The design of this research is descriptive analytic with a cross-sectional approach. The population of this study was the entire family of patients who were treated in inpatient rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a total sample of 96 respondents using a consecutive sampling technique. This study used a visual analog scale for anxiety (VAS-A) questionnaire to measure the respondents’ level of anxiety. RESULTS: The results of this study showed that the patient’s family in the hospital inpatient room experienced mild anxiety 42 respondents (43.8%), with an average age of 40-44 years (n = 18; 0.19%), female gender (n = 51; 0.53), respondents’ education (n = 53; 0.55), work (n = 57; 0.6), nuclear family (n = 83; 0.09). CONCLUSION: The conclusion of this study that the prevalence of anxiety in family members mostly experienced mild anxiety with a total of 42 (43.8%) respondents.