RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANXIETY LEVEL TO SLEEP FULL FILLMENT OF INGUINAL HERNIA PREOPERATIVE PATIENTS AT DR.PIRNGADI HOSPITAL MEDAN

Abstract

Anxiety is a condition that can be experienced by everyone in daily life. Usually we experience a state
of anxiety when we deal with things out of the ordinary everyday activities ( Sylvia , 2008) . This
effect is caused by anxiety disorders and sleep patterns of rest. According to Potter (2005 ), that the
patients often experience preoperative anxiety. Pre operation is when the decision for surgical
intervention will be done and it will cause complaints for patients who live with anxiety and cause
sleep disorders. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the level of
anxiety on the fulfillment of the patient's sleep in pre inguinal hernia operation with the type of
descriptive correlational cross-sectional study design with a total sample of 37 respondents were
acquired in July 2014 by accidental sampling technique. Statistical analysis using chi square test .
The results showed that the p value 0.00 ( p < 0.05 ) which shows the relationship between the level
of anxiety on the sleep fulfillment of inguinal hernia preoperative in patients. It is recommended that
improving preoperative nursing care to deal with cases of anxiety before undergoing surgery.