PENGARUH AROMATERAPI LAVENDER TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT STRESS PADA LANSIA DI PANTI WERDHA ANUGRAH SURABAYA
ABSTRACT: Lavender aromatherapy
is therapy that
uses essentialoil lavender
or pure lavender oil extract to
help improve or maintain health, uplifting , refreshing as well as relaxed
souls and body. The purpose are influence mood to be relaxed and it can
decrease the level of somebody’s stress.
The purpose of
this research is
to analyze the
effect of lavender aromatherapy
to decrease the level of stress to the elderly. The design
of this research
was Pre Eksperimental
with One Group
Preest-Postest Design. The population of all the elderly who suffered a
little stress, medium and heavy in the Integrated Service Unit Anugrah Werdha
Institution Surabaya. Tottaly 22 people
on 13-15 may
2015. The sampling
method used probability
sampling with approach simple
random sampling as
many as 21
elderly respondents who
suffered a little stress, medium and
heavy. Instrumet used PSS stress questionnaire. Data analyzed by Wilcoxon
Signed Rank Test. The results of this research before treatment average
suffered a medium stress, while
after the treatment
has decreased to
medium and little
stress.This research indicates
that there is the effect of lavender aromatherapy to decrease the level of
stress to the elderly. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test indicates that there is
the effect of lavender aromatherapy to decrease the level of stress to
the elderly p=0,005. When the aromatherapy
was smelt the
sensory nerves of
smell reacted then influence limbic system so that
activited and the body of increased relaxation so the stress decreased. The
implications of this research is influence the level of stress, so hopefully nurses and
elderly can improve
their ability to
overcome stress by
giving lavender aromatherapy.
Penulis: Ratna Dewi Apriliani,
Hidayatus S., S.Kep., Ns., M.Kep
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd150226
