Salat Tahajud Berpengaruh terhadap Penurunan Stres Mahasiswa

Abstract

Stress is generally intended to determine the conditions that affect a  person's  physical  or  psychological  state  due  to  external  pressure.  A student susceptible  to  stress  can  produce  student  academic  performance  and  mental health.  One  form  of  stress  management  by  performing  Tahajud  Prayers.  The purpose  of this  study was  to  determine  the  effect of tahajud prayers on stress reduction in physiotherapy students.   This research is an experimental quasi  research  with  pretest-posttest  non-equivalent  control  two  groups  design, with  sample  consist  of  15  experimental  group  students  and  15  control  group students  at Physiotherapy 2nd  year  students  at Poltekkes Kemenkes Jakarta III. Interventions given were Tahajud Prayers and the stress score was measured using a   DASS-42   questionnaire.   Statistical   analysis   t-test independents. In the experimental group the mean value of stress before was 17,2 and after the treated treatment was 6,47. As for the control group the mean value of stress before was 13 and afterwards was 16,4. Hypothesis test using independent sample t-test shows there is difference of stress value between experimental group and  control (p = 0,0001).  Tahajud  Prayers  has  an influence on stress reduction. Tahajud Prayers is expected to be one of the stress management efforts in physiotherapy services.