THE CORRELATION BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND SELRF CONCEPT IN CHONIC RENAL FAILURE PATIENT IN HEMODIALYSIS UNIT PKU MUHAMMADIYAH HOSPITAL OF YOGYAKARTA

Chronic renal failure is one of the most common health problems and the prevalention is always increases each year. The patient will always depend on the dialysis machine and their dependence on the machine can affect their selfconcept. One of the most important factors that can build self-concept is family support. This research aim is to know how is the correlation between family support and self-concept in chronic renal failure patients in Hemodialysis Unit PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital of Yogyakarta. This study included the non experimental study with cross-sectional approach. The sample of the study consisted of 32 chronic renal failure patients and 32 families who accompanied them during hemodialysis therapy. Data were collected by questionnaires. The data of this study was tested by using the Rank Spearman test with significancy p<0,05. This research was done on March-April 2008 in Hemodialysis Unit PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital of Yogyakarta. The findings of the study revealed that most of the families give high level of family support for chronic the patients about 96,9%. Most of the chronic renal failure also have high level of self-concept about 56,3%. Statistically, there is no cerrelation between family support and self-concept in chronic renal failure patients in Hemodialysis Unit PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital of Yogyakarta (p=0,439 and coefficient correlation is 0,142; p<0,05). Conclusion of this research is there is no correlation between family support and self-concept in chronic renal failure patients in hemodialysis unit PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital of Yogyakarta. The hospital leader should give comfortable hemodialysis seats for the patients and their family. The family should always give the support for the chronic renal failure patients so they will have high level of self-concept