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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-7 | Issue-02
The Relationship between Personality Type and Recurrence Level Toward Schizophrenia Patient in Indonesia Mental Hospital
Ihsan Kurniawan, Kep S, Ns. MKM
Published: Feb. 19, 2019 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i02.010
Pages: 135-139
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Abstract
This research aims to investigate the relationship between personality type and recurrence level toward schizophrenia patient in Indonesia mental hospital. In order to achieve the purposes of the research, The analytic survey design with cross sectional approach was used. This research was carried out in the Mental Hospital of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ildrem Hospital Medan, North Sumatera Indonesia located in Let. Gen. Jamin Ginting S Km. 10 No. 21. This research was conducted from May to July 2018 with 35 patients selected as the sample of the research. The stages of this research were data collection, data management, data analysis, and composing the research results. Then all the data found was analyzed by using univariate and bivariate analysis using chi square test. The data found that patients with extrovert category were only 6 patients (17.1%), while patients with introvert reached 29 people (82.9%). The recurrence rate in the low category was 7 people (20%), the recurrence rate with moderate level was only 2 (5.7%), 26 people (74.3%) were investigated as the patients with the higher reccurence rate. Based on the results of the chi square test obtained ρ value, it was found that 0.007 (<0.05%) which means there is a relationship between the type of personality and the recurrence rate of mental disorders.