Aromaterapi Bunga Lavender Memperbaiki Kualitas Tidur pada Lansia
ABSTRACT: Sleep is a basic
human need, characterized by minimal physical activity, change in physiological
process of the body and decrease respon from external stimulus. Most of the
elderly have high risk to suffer sleep problem because of some factors.
Aromatherapy is a therapy using essential oil which produces comfortable effect,
more steady emotion and feeling, calmer thought and feeling. This research was
aimed to identify the effectivity of Lavender (Lavendula L) Aromatherapy in
improving quality of sleep of the elderly in Panti Werdha Malang. A quasi
experiment study was implemented with randomized control group pretest posttest
using 18 subjects divided into two groups.and treatment. The sleep quality was
measured by interview developed based on PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index).
The data were then analyzed using Wilcoxon test and MannWhitney test. A
significant improvement of sleep quality score was identified in treatment
group (3,89, p= 0,07) but not in the control group (0,78;p=0,317). These
improvement is significantly different between the two groups (p=.0,001). It
can be concluded that Lavender aromatherapy is significantly improve the
quality of sleep in elderly people
Penulis: Anggraini Dwi Kurnia, Viera
Wardhani, Kuswantoro Tri Rusca
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd090131
