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Pengaruh Terapi Clay Terhadap Penurunan Skala Depresi pada Lansia di Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Wana Seraya

Denpasar 2015 Nyoman Adi Sedana.1, M. Fairuz Abadi, M.Si.2, I Nyoman Suastana,S.Kep.,Ns.3Peningkatan jumlah lansia diikuti dengan meningkatnya resiko penyakit yang disebabkan karena adanya faktor degeneratif, salah satunya adalah depresi. Lansia depresi yang tidak mendapatkan penanganan secara baik dan benar maka dapat berdampak pada lansia itu sendiri dan juga orang lain. Penanganan depresi pada lansia diantaranya dapat dilakukan dengan terapi non farmakologi. Salah satu terapi non farmakologi yang dapat diberikan adalah terapi clay. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui adanya pengaruh terapi clay terhadap penurunan skala depresi pada lansia di Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Wana Seraya Denpasar 2015. Penelitian ini menggunakan Quasi-Eksperimen Design dengan rancangan non random pre-test and post-test with control group design. Sampel terdiri dari 20 orang, 10 orang untuk kelompok perlakuan dan 10 orang untuk kelompok kontrol. Pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan kuesioner Geriatric Depresion Scale. Analisa data menggunakan uji t-test independent. Hasil p = 0,001 < 0,05 yang berarti Ha diterima. Artinya ada pengaruh terapi clay terhadap penurunan skala depresi pada lansia. Diharapkan terapi clay digunakan sebagai alternatif untuk menurunkan skala depresi pada lansia khususnya di Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Wana Seraya Denpasar.Kata Kunci: Terapi clay, Skala depresi, LansiaABSTRACTClay Therapy Effects to Reduce Elderly Depression Scale

at Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Wana Seraya Denpasar 2015Nyoman Adi Sedana.1, M. Fairuz Abadi, M.Si.2, I Nyoman Suastana,S.Kep.,Ns.3An increasing number of elderly people followed with an increased risk of diseases caused by degenerative diseases, such as depression. Depression is a common problem of the elderly, but it is not a normal part of aging. Depression is a serious illness that needs treatment. Untreated elderly depression can harm both people who have it and their families. There are many treatment options available for people with depression. One of them is non pharmacologic treatments. Many studies have shown that people with depression prefer with this kind of treatments than antidepressant medication because they have less side effects. The clay art therapy is a kind of non pharmacological intervention method for elderly depression. Clay therapy is proven in reducing stress and depression problem. This study reviews the clay therapy effects to reduce elderly depression scale at Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Wana Seraya Denpasar 2015. This study used quasi-experimental design with non random design pre-test and post-test. The sample on this study consisted of 20 elderly, 10 elderly in the treatment group and 10 elderly to the control group. Data was collected using the Geriatric Depression Scale questionnaire. Data was analyzed using independent t-test. The results p = 0.001 < 0.05 means Ha was accepted. This means that clay therapy has effect to reduce of elderly depression scale. In conclusion, clay therapy can be used as an alternative therapy to reduce the scale of depression in the elderly, especially in Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Wana Seraya Denpasar.Keywords: Clay Therapy, Depression Scale, Elderly

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