EFEKTIFITAS MUSIK DAN RELAKSASI AROMATERAPI LAVENDER DALAM MENURUNKAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN DENGAN TINDAKAN PEMBEDAHAN

Abstract

Anxiety is the most common feeling experienced by patients that have being
been taken care in a hospital. They feel worried with their disease more often and what
may happen. Anxiety will be more increasing as the patients need to undergo surgery. To
reduce this feeling, patients need to get relaxation intervention by using lavender
aromatherapy and music. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of music and
lavender aromatherapy in reducing the level of anxiety of patients undergoing surgery.
The design of research is Quasi Experiment with pre-test and post-test approach and also
uses independent and independent T test. Non probability sampling with purposive
sampling technique is used to determine the samples. The number of samples in each
group is 18 respondents. Before the use of lavender intervention, 94,4% respondents
undergo high anxiety and after the treatment, it happens to only 44.4% respondents.
Meanwhile, the treatment of using music is able to reduce the level of anxiety from 94,4%
respondents, before the intervention, to 33,3% respondents, after the intervention. The
statistic test using independent T-test shows p: 0,000 to the group of lavender intervention
and p: 0,000 to the group of music. This explains that there is a significant influence of
using aromatherapy lavender and music intervention in reducing the level of anxiety in
each group. After the treatment, patients feel more relaxed. There is a significant
influence of using aromatherapy and music in reducing the level of anxiety in patients
undergoing laparatomi surgery. It is important to include intervention of aromatherapy
and music as standard operation procedure in reducing the level of anxiety in patients
undergoing laparatomi surgery.