Pengaruh Terapi Slow Stroke Back Massage (SSBM) terhadap Depresi pada Lansia di Unit Pelayanan Teknis Panti Sosial Lanjut Usia (UPT PSLU) Kabupaten Jember
ABSTRACT: Depression is a
psychiatric disorder focused on the natural feelings of an individual,
characterized by prolonged sadness, feelings of failure and worthlessness along
with other accompanying symptoms. Depression in the elderly is caused by
several factors, (physiological factors andpsychological factors). The
physiological factors is dysregulation of neurotransmitters. SSBMtherapy
produce the endorphin to anticipate dysregulation of neurotransmitters that
causedepression in elderly. The objective of this research was to know the
effect of SSBM for depression of elderly in UPT PSLU Jember. This research was
a quasy experiment with pretest-posttest with control group design. The
respondent is 20 respondents, conducted by simple random sampling, and divided
into two groups: treatment and control group. Data were analyzed used t test
dependentand t-test independent with α: 0,05 . The result showed that there
were significant differences of depression in treatment group (p value: 0,001).
Otherwise, there were no differences of depression in control group (p value:
1,000). Furthermore, there were significant differences of depression between
treatment group and control group after SSBM (p value: 0,027). The conclusion
is SSBM can decrease depression in elderly. It is recommended for nurses to do
SSBM to decrease depression in elderly.
Keywords: SSBM, depression,
elderly
Penulis: Aris Kurniawan, Wantiyah,
Kushariyadi
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd170109
