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NIM. C1AA11028
Pengaruh foot massage terhadap kualitas tidur lansia di Wisma Assisi Kota
Sukabumi
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NIM. C1AA11028
The Effect of foot massage on the sleep quality of ederly in Wisma Assisi Sukabumi
Sleep is a basic requirement that needed by all human being. However, elderly
who is living in nursing home often have sleeping disorder. Foot massage is an
independent act of nurse to provide a relaxing effect on the body and quietness. The
Purpose of this study is identifying the quality of sleep before and after a foot massage and
foot massage effects on elderlys sleeping quality at Wisma Assisi Sukabumi.
Sleep has an essential role for health. Sleep is a necessary process of human cells
for the formation of a new body and by giving foot massage then the elderly would be fast
asleep.
The type of this research is using a quasi experiment without control group with
pre-post design. The sample in this study were 19 people. The sampling method used
Consecutive sampling technique. The instrument of this research used a questioner
(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index). Statistical tests used Wilcoxon to compare elderlys
quality of sleep before and after a foot massage.
Quality of sleep before the foot massage had been in poor sleep quality, after the
foot foot massage the quality of sleep still in poor sleep quality but there is an increase in
scores on the PSQI scores. Based on the results of Wilocxon data analysis, it known that
the respondent provided foot massage action before bedtime got increased sleep quality
significantly, p-value = 0.001 (p <0.05).
Suggestions for Elderly Homes is foot massage used as a therapy to improve sleep
quality in elderly homes.