PENGARUH HUMOR PERMAINAN KEARIFAN BUDAYA LOKAL TERHADAP DEPRESI PADA LANJUT USIA DI HUNIAN SEMENTARA GONDANG I, SLEMAN, YOGYAKARTA
| Main Authors: | , MATIN TIO FAULANDI, , Dr. Dra. Sumarni DW., M.Kes., |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
https://repository.ugm.ac.id/122017/ http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=62116 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background: The process of aging can cause the emergence of disorders either physically, socially and mentally. Mental disorder most commonly found in the elderly is depression. Depression may affect disorder in sleep, social interaction, cognition and memory, as well as suicidal behavior. One effective therapy to counter depression is laughter therapy. There are some methods of laughter therapy, among others are humor and game. Combination of humor and game therapy that raises issues of local cultural wisdom is an innovation in laughter therapy thats is expected to counter depression in the elderly. Objective: The study aimed to identify effect of game humor of local cultural wisdom to depression in the elderly at Huntara Gondang I Sleman Yogyakarta. Method: The study was a quasi experiment with pre-test and post-test control group design carried out at Gondang I Sleman Yogyakarta in June-July 2012. Samples consisted of 108 respondents, divided into intervention and control group, each comprised 54 respondents taken through proportionate random sampling. Research instrument was Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Data analysis used parametric independent t-test and paired t-test. Result: Level of depression of the experiment group after intervention showed significant difference (p=0.000). Meanwhile there was no significant difference in the control group between pretest and posttest (p=0.109). The result of t-test of level of depression in both groups showed significant difference (p=0.000). Conclusion: Game humor of local cultural wisdom significantly had effect to decreased level of depression in the elderly at Huntara Gondang I Sleman Yogyakarta.