FAMILY ACTIONS TO OVERCOME THE SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS AT HOME

To cancer patients, families are the first home care and support providers who help meet all their needs. This study aims to define actions that patients deal with side effects of chemotherapy at home. is a descriptive quantitative research involving outpatients taking chemotherapies in Arifin Achmad Hospital Riau Province. A consecutive sampling technique obtained 134 as samples, from which data were collected using questionnaire analyzed univariately. The results showed several major helping members get through chemotherapy, include overcome nausea vomiting by providing preferable food (in many 84 or 63%), hair loss keeping short easy manage 54 40.5%), fatigue assisting routines 83 62.2%), battle appetite preparing favorite foods on demand 99 74.2%), diarrhea giving 8-10 glasses water per day 91 68.2%). These have given proper Therefore, our expected be reference for other whose dealing similar conditions.