EFEKTIFITAS TERAPI RELIGI TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT STRESS PADA LANSIA JANDA
Abstract: Elderly regress both
physical and psychological, that making it suspectable to stress. Many elderly
people who left by their couple or husband getting stress because they have to
face the difficulties of living alone, lack of attention from family, and lack
of understanding of religion so that the elderly tend to experience stress.
Purpose:Determine the effectiveness of therapy to decrease the stress
level of religion in the elderly widows in ChoirunisaPosyandu Central Klaten
Klaten.
Research Design: The research design of this study which is used is
quantitative study by a quasi-experimental approach to non-equivalent control
group. In collecting the data using sampling technique with the purposive
sampling . There are some instruments that can be used in collecting the data,
namely questionare and interview. After all of the data are collected, the
writer were analyzed by independent t-test test statistict. Research was 11
June 2012 until19 July 2012.
Results: Result showed the effectivity of religious therapy to the stress
level reduction of elderly widows on their first stress level measurement
resulted 17 elderlies (94,4%) mild stress and 1 elderly (5,6%) moderate stress,
after they got religious therapy it became 16 elderlies (88,9%) were not stress
and 2 respondents mild stress (11,1%). Pretest for the control group resulted
18 respondents (100%) had a mild stress. Posttest for the control group
resultted 6 elderly (33,3%) had not stress and 12 respondents (66,7%) had a
mild stress. The ststistic analysis resulted P value = 0.000; α = 0.05.
Conclusion: The religious therapy is effective to decreasing stress of
widow elderly
Penulis: Sri Handayani
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd140414
