Pengaruh Terapi Relaksasi Otot Progresif terhadap Perubahan Tingkat Insomnia pada Lansia di Posyandu Lansia Desa Gonilan, Kartasura

Abstract

When someone to be elderly it will be followed by the decreases of physical and psychological ability it is like sleeping disorder. Sleeping disorder in elderly is condition who someone experiences a change in quality and quantity of their rest pattern, that cause uncomfortable or disturbing their life style. One of the forming therapy in reduce of insomnia is progressive muscle relaxation therapy. The progressive muscle relaxation was a cheaper relaxation method, because it wasn’t need imagination, no said effect, easy to be done and made body and thinking felt calm, relax and made easier to sleep. The aim of this research was to knowed the influence of progressive muscle relaxation therapy to change level of insomnia at elderly health care center in Gonilan village, Kartasura. Quasi experiment with pretest and posttest desingn is used in this research. Simple random sampling method is used in this research with the amount of sample was 60 responders. Observation was the data collecting technique. It was annalized by Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The result of research shows elderly in group of treatment before given therapy has 6,7 percent was weight insomnia, 83,3 percent was medium insomnia, 10,0 percent was easy insomnia, exactly in group of control 3,3 percent was weight insomnia, 86,7 percent was medium insomnia, and 10,0 percent was easy insomnia. After given progressive muscle relaxation the level of insomnia has reduce. Elderly in group of treatment weight insomnia has reduce to 0 percent, medium insomnia has 56,7 percent and easy insomnia has 43,3 percent, exactly insomnia of elderly in group of control has constant relative. Keyword: progressive muscle relaxation, insomnia, elderly.