PENGARUH TEHNIK RELAKSASI BENSON TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT STRES LANSIA DI UNIT REHABILITAS SOSIAL WENING WARDOYO UNGARAN
Abstract: Elderly stress is
caused by physically, biologically, psychologically, and socially change.
Beside of them, it is also affected by the condition of elders circumstance who
lived in parlor. One of the ways to overcome the stress by non-pharmcologically
is with Benson relaxation technique which is able to balance O2 in the brain.
This research aims to know the influence of Benson relaxation technique to
reduce stress level on elderly in Social rehabilitation Unit Wening Wardoyo
Ungaran.
The research design is quasi experimental design. The number of
population in this research is 90 elders.
While, the quantity of research sample is 30 respondents which are
divided into 2 groups. Datas of elder’s stress level were collected by the
usage of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale questionnaire. The univariate analysis was executed by
monitoring the distribution of stress level frequencyat before and after the treatment
and bivariate analysis was executed by the usage of paired t-test and unpaired
t-test.
The result shows that before Benson relaxation technique is applied
towards intervened group, it is obtained that the average of respondents stress
level is 22,93 (mid-level) SD (3,353). After Benson relaxation technique was
applied, it is obtained that the average of respondents stress level was
reducing at 18,33 (low-stress) SD (2,820). Benson relaxation technique shows
significantly influence to reduce stress level at p-value of 0,002 (p <
0,05). Based on the result, the technique can be applied as the stress
treatment on elders in Social Rehabilitation Unit Wening Wardoyo Ungaran.
Penulis: Kadek Oka Aryana, Dwi
Novitasari
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd130217
