The Relationship Of Family Support On The Quality Of Life Of Leper Patients

Abstract

The discovery of leprosy cases in Blora Regency continues to experience a fluctuating increase over the last 5 years 2020-2024 with the number of new cases discovered as many as 234 people, and experienced a significant increase with the existence of a leprosy screening program with the largest number of findings at the Kunduran health center. One of the factors causing this disease is a lack of support from family members. Poor family support is a factor in decreased productivity, decreased personal and social relationships and even depression which has negative implications for the quality of life of leprosy sufferers. Determine the relationship between family support and the quality of life of leprosy sufferers at the Kunduran health center. The type of research used is quantitative correlation/case control research with  correlation test analysis (Rank-Spearman). The sampling technique used was total sampling. The total sample was 35 patients at the Kunduran Community Health Center based on data from the Blora District Health Service for 2020-2024. That the quality of life of leprosy sufferers in the poor category is more often found in leprosy sufferers who do not receive family support (20.0%), while the quality of life of leprosy sufferers in the good category is more often found in leprosy sufferers who receive family support (68,6% ). From this study, it was concluded that the results of bivariate rank-spearman analysis concluded that family support was significantly related to the quality of life of leprosy sufferers (p-value = 0.000), correlation coefficient 0,701