PENGARUH REMINISCENCE THERAPY TERHADAP TINGKAT STRES PADA LANSIA DI PANTI SOSIAL LANJUT USIA HARAPAN KITA INDRALAYA
Daftar Isi:
- The increasing population of the elderly in Indonesia shows there is a success of the country in increasing the national development. The aging process will cause problems such as physical, social, economic, and mental problems. The elderly often feel stressed due to various problems and events which arise in their daily lives. The results of a preliminary study which has been carried out at retirement home of Harapan Kita Indralaya found that psychological problems in the elderly were stressful, but there were no specific programs or scheduled activities for solving these stress problems. Reminiscence Therapy is a therapy which can be applied to reduce stress levels. This study aimed to determine the effect of Reminiscence Therapy on stress levels on elderly at retirement home of Harapan Kita Indralaya. This research was a quantitative study with a pre-experimental research design with one group pretest-posttest. The total sample of 18 elderly who experienced stress at retirement home of Harapan Kita Indralaya was obtained by purposive sampling technique. The Measurement of stress was gathered by using a Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire, and the wilcoxonwas used for data analysis. The results showed differences in stress levels before and after Reminiscence Therapy with a p-value of 0.000< 0.05. The results statistically showed that there was a significant effect of Reminiscence Therapy in reducing stress levels on the elderly at retirement home of Harapan Kita Indralaya. The research implications are expected to be able to develop the application of Reminiscence Therapy in helping the elderly in reducing stress levels