Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology (GamaJPP)
Vol 5, No 2 (2019)

Terapi Zikir sebagai Intervensi untuk Menurunkan Kecemasan pada Lansia

Tria Widyastuti (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Mohammad Abdul Hakim (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Salmah Lilik (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret)

Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2019

Abstract

Anxiety is a common problem especially in elderly people. Zikir, a remembrance to God in Islam, is believed in giving a comfort in people. This study examined the zikir as intervention in decreasing anxiety. The elderly people in a nursing home in Surakarta were involved in this study. In the pretest, 37 subjects were selected according to the anxiety score using Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and cognitive function score using Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). A number of 9 elderly people participated in the experiment were grouped ramdomly into experimental and control group. The results of Mann-Whitney test showed a significant difference between pretest and posttest score in both groups (Z = -1.968, p < 0.05). Experimental group showed a significant decrease of anxiety score after intervention. Zikir theraphy as intervention effectively decrease anxiety in elderly people.

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Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology (GamaJPP)
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gamajpp

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Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Environmental Science Health Professions Public Health Social Sciences Other

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Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology (GamaJPP) e-ISSN 2407-7801 is an open-access journal disseminating articles with implications for research and practices professional psychology. GamaJPP welcomes manuscript in the areas of:: Clinical Psychology Education Psychology Developmental ...