Pengaruh Senam Otak terhadap Daya Ingat pada Wanita Post Menopause

Abstract

Decrease of memory in post menopausal women, either because of decrease of oestrogen hormone, which oestrogen hormone influences of stimulate blood circulation to brain and influences memory neurotransmitter in brain, including glutamate, neurothrophic, acetylcholine, and endorfin. The memory needed to memorize process, either memorize of Al-qur’an. To solution it can be done with brain gym. Brain gym is a exercise series of simple body movement that stimulates brain. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of brain gym to memory in post menopausal women in memorize of Al-qur’an. This research method is the praexperimental with static group comparison design. The population in this study is the women of majelis ta’lim in Baitul Makmur Mosque of Ngronggah who entered the inclusion criteria of 14 respondents. The total sample of 14 respondents to the details of the experiment group of 7 respondents, where as in cotrol group of 7 respondents. The results were analyzed using Independent TTest The result of this study: Independent T-Test results showed the p = 0,049 < 0,05, which means there is a significant difference in effect between the experiment and control groups to memory in post menopausal women.