Pengetahuan dan Sikap Keluarga dengan Upaya Pencegahan Nyeri pada Penderita Gastritis

Background: gastritis is one of the digestive diseases that often causes pain and can reduce quality of life if not properly prevented. poor family knowledge and attitudes may lead to inadequate efforts to prevent pain in patients with gastritis. if this condition persists, it may eventually interfere with patients’ activities and quality of life and may trigger more severe complications such as peptic ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding, and gastric cancer. Objective: this study aimed to determine the relationship between family knowledge and attitudes and pain prevention efforts among patients with gastritis in the working area of poasia public health center. Methods: this study used a quantitative design with a cross-sectional approach. a total of 73 respondents were selected using purposive sampling. data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using univariate and bivariate analyses with the chi-square test at a significance level of α = 0.05. Results: the results showed that 42 respondents (57.5%) had good knowledge, 39 respondents (53.4%) had good attitudes, and 38 respondents (52.1%) had good pain prevention efforts. Conclusion: there was a significant relationship between family knowledge and pain prevention efforts (p = 0.004) and between family attitudes and pain prevention efforts (p = 0.027). health education involving families is needed to improve their ability to prevent recurrent gastritis pain.