PENGARUH TERAPI NYANYIAN (CHANTING) MANTRA OM TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN KANKER YANG DILAKUKAN KEMOTERAPI DI RUANG ANGSOKA 2 RSUP SANGLAH DENPASAR
ABSTRACT: Cancer is a disease
caused by abnormality of cell growth. Chemotherapy is one of the therapies that
used to treat cancer, but have some side effects. Anxiety is a negative effect
of chemotherapy. Singing (chanting) mantra om therapy is a non-pharmacological
therapy which can treat anxiety. This therapy is performed by repeatedly
singing the mantra om then causing a relaxing effect and decrease levels of
anxiety. This study aims to determine the effect of singing (chanting) mantra
om therapy in patients who will be performed chemotherapy. This study used the
pre-experimental method with One group pre-test and post-test design. The
samples consisted of 23 people were selected by consecutive sampling and
include in inclusion and exclusion criteria. Anxiety levels were measured by
BAI questionnaire and analyzed by univariate and bivariate techniques. This
theraphy did in 30 minutes. This study was conducted at room Angsoka 2 of Sanglah
Hospital on 8 May-21 may 2015. The Results of bivariate analysis by Wilcoxon
Sign Rank Test showed p value = 0,000, with a value of α = 0.05. It indicated
there was a significant effect betwen this therapy toward anxiety levels of
patients. This therapy can decrease the anxiety levels of patient who will performe
chemotherapy. The weakneses of this study are other factors that cause anxiety
have not been able controlled thus enabling the existence of bias, performed in
a short period of time, and objectivity of respondents in filling out the questionnaire.
Penulis: Ni Luh Gede Lily
Permata Sari, Dewa Gede Anom, Made
Surata Witarsa
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd160066
