i Abstrak
Penyakit gagal ginjal adalah suatu penyakit dimana fungsi organ ginjal mengalami
penurunan hingga akhirnya tidak lagi mampu bekerja sama. Biasanya pasangan yang menderita
penyakit kronis seperti gagal ginjal, merasa bahwa dirinya tidak dapat berfungsi secara maksimal
sebagai suami ataupun istri. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat korelasi atau
hubungan antara komunikasi interpersonal suami istri terhadap koping dengan stress pada
penderita gagal ginjal kronik GGK di RSUD Kota Salatiga. Sampel (N= 35), diambil dengan
menggunakan purposive sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan dua skala
yaitu skala komunikasi interpersonal suami istri dan skala koping dengan stress pada penderita
GGK. Hasil penelitian menggunakan Uji Korelasi Pearson Product Moment dengan koefisien
korelasi (Rxy) = 0,632 dan R² = 0,243 atau hanya 24,3% yang artinya komunikasi interpersonal
suami istri memiiki hubungan terhadap koping dengan stress pada penderita GGK di RSUD Kota
Salatiga.
Kata kunci : komunikasi interpersonal suami istri, koping dengan stress, penderita gagal
ii Abstract
Kidney disease is a disease in which kidney function has decreased until finally no longer able to
work together. Usually, couples who suffer from chronic diseases such as kidney failure felt that
they could not function optimally as husband or wife. The purpose of this study was to look at the
correlation or relationship between interpersonal communication married couple to coping with
stress in patients with chronic renal failure CRF in Salatiga City Hospital. Sample (N = 35),
were taken by using purposive sampling. The data collection is done by using two scale that is
scale interpersonal communication married and scale of coping with stress in patients with CRF.
The results using Pearson Product Moment Correlation with the correlation coefficient (rxy) =
0,632 and R ² = 0,243 or 24,3%, which means there is correlatte between interpersonal
communication married to coping with stress in patients with CRF in Salatiga City Hospital.
Keywords :Interpersonal communication married couple, coping with stress, Chronic
