The Effect Of Positive Affirmation Therapy And Ablution Therapy Before Bed On The Level Of Insomnia In The Elderly At PSTW Budi Luhur
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52741/jiikes.v11i2.140Abstract
Insomnia is an inability to sleep complaints simultaneously increasing due to increasing
age. The purpose of this research is to know the influence of positive affirmation and
ablution therapy before going to bed in elderly at PSTW Budi Luhur. Research design
used in the study is pre experiment with the approach of one group pretest posttest.
Sampling techniques with non-probability sampling methods with purposive sampling
retrieved 15 samples of respondents. Method of data collection using the questionnaire
KSPBJ Insomnia Rating Scale as for the analysis of data using t tests. Based on
statistical t test obtained p value = 0.005 less than α = 0.05 ( p value= 0.005 < α = 0.05).
It indicates Ho is rejected and H1 accepted, it means that there was influence of positive
affirmation and ablution therapy before going to bed in the level of insomnia in elderly of
PSTW Warga Tama, Inderalaya. The results of this research suggest that the elderly can
overcome insomnia by applying positive affirmations and ablution therapy before going
to bed as a reference in the elderly health improvement efforts especially the elderly who
experience insomnia.
Keywords : Positive affirmation, ablution therapy, insomnia, elderly



