Spiritual Caring As An Innovative Approach To Reduce Anxiety Levels In Cervical Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Abstract

Chemotherapy is one of the treatment methods for cervical cancer aimed at halting the growth of cancer cells, but it often causes side effects such as anxiety. This study aimed to determine the effect of spiritual caring on the anxiety levels of cervical cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. This study employed a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design without a control group. Accidental sampling was utilized to recruit 38 respondents. Data were collected using the HARS questionnaire before and after the intervention and then processed statistically using the paired t-test. The results indicated that based on respondent characteristics, the majority of respondents were aged between 36 and 46 (44.7%), obtained elementary school education (39.5%), worked as homemakers (57.9%), and underwent chemotherapy 1-3 times (73.7%). The respondents’ anxiety levels before and after the intervention showed a mean score of 3.29 and 2.68, respectively. There was an influence of implementing spiritual caring on the anxiety levels of cervical cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy