PENINGKATAN KENYAMANAN LANSIA DENGAN NYERI RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MELALUI MODEL Comfort Food For The Soul

Abstract

One of the elderly’s problems in musculoskeletal system was Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In the elderly with RA had a main complaint of pain which can also be a stressor to stress. One form of intervention in the model of comfort food for the soul can be done by religious music therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of comfort food for the soul model on the stress level and comfort.This study used Quasy experiment with pre-posttest control group design. Total samples were 32 respondents gotten by purposive sampling were divided into experiment and control groups. Dependent variable data were collected by DASS questionnaire (stress level) and GCQ (comfort).Results of stress level data were analized by Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test in each group showed p = 0.001 (experiment) and p = 0.262 (control), and the comfort data p = 0.002 (experiment) and p = 0.180 (control). Mann Whitney Test showed p = 0.000 (stress level) and p = 0.008 (comfort), p < 0.05 which means there were significant effect of comfort food for the soul model on stress level and comfort. Religious music therapy could be reduce stress levels of elderly due to soft music will encourage a sense of relaxation. Music into the auditory nervous to the HPA Axis that improved production of â Endhorphin. Advise for nurse in Elderly hostel to apply model of comfort food for the soul by religious music therapy as an alternative therapy to reduce stress and increase comfort. Keywords: stress, comfort, elderly, pain Jurnal