The 1 st PIKSI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE POLITEKNIK PIKSI GANESHA 18-19 NOVEMBER 2014, BANDUNG andrianliem@yahoo.com DESCRIPTIVE STUDY: QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) OF PATIENTS’ USING ACUPUNCTURE IN SURABAYA Ainun Jaryah Bahrir Evelyn Christyanti Trisula Andrian Liem Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia andrianliem@yahoo.com Abstract Cost of health in Indonesia during one decade (2000-2010) had increased for almost 94%. That highly cost makes Indonesian people find cheaper treatment method than conventional medicine, it is called Complementary-Alternative Medicine (CAM). One of the most widely used methods of CAM is acupuncture. Acupuncture is treatment that decrease the pain with divert or change the way of message from brain neuron processed and also with stimulate the pain reducing-hormones, for example endorphin. Some studies have proved acupuncture’s effectiveness, for example in pain relieve and improve fertility. However, there are still limited numbers of research about quality of life (QoL) from patients using acupuncture service. QoL can be defined as an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns. In this study, QoL from patients using acupuncture service described using WHOQOL-BREF (Indonesian version) that consists of four domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environmental health. WHOQOL-BREF is a standardized tool that consists of 26 items and has been translate into various languages with good reliability and validity. Subjects in this study obtained from accidental sampling. The data proceed with descriptive statistic to portray subjects’ demography and QoL. The result and discussion about QoL from patients using acupuncture in Surabaya can been seen inside this paper. Keywords: complementary-alternative medicine, attitude, acupuncture, quality of life, health psychology, clinical psychology Theme/Subject: Health and Medical Record