PENGARUH PEMBERIAN AROMATERAPI CENDANA TERHADAP KUALITAS TIDUR REMAJA DI PANTI ASUHAN DHARMA JATI II DENPASAR TAHUN 2012
Abstract: Adolescence is a level
of growth and development when
the speed is almost same as baby. In
this level of development,
adolescents need more time to sleep
thus their bodies
can do the
internal work. The
changes of puberty
and internal clock of
adolescents impact adolescents
to feel sleepy
until 11 pm or more and
gets minimum nine
hours as night
recommended. Lack of
sleep that occurs in adolescence
will affect their growth. Secretion of growth hormone work at the highest level
during sleep. Sleeping problems that
occur in adolescents can be solved by
using aromatherapy. Aromatherapy
is a kind
of complementary therapy which
help adolescents to sleep by give a
relaxing effect on muscles. This study
aims to determine
the effect of
giving sandalwood aromatherapy
towardsadolescents sleep quality.
The method that’s
used in this
study were preexperimental with one group
pretest-posttest design design. Samples
were of 22 people who was
obtained through a total sampling technique. Collecting data be done through
an interview with
questionnaire The SMH
(St. Mary's Hospital Sleep) and
observation. The results
obtained before the
experiment is 13.6% of
adolescents have well-qualities of
sleep, 86.4% of
adolescents have moderate quality of
sleep. After experiment
results is 45.5%
of adolescents have
wellqualities of sleep,
54.5% well-qualities of
sleep. moderate qualities of
sleep. Sandalwood aromatherapy impact on improving the adolescents
quality of sleep. Statistical
tests used were the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test (p ≤
0.05). The result of after
data analysis, is
(p=0.000) which means
there is effect
of giving sandalwood aromatherapy
against adolescent quality
of sleep. Based
on these results, sandalwood
aromatherapy can be
used to adolescents
who experience sleeping problems
at comunity, so it is
recommended for nurses
to use sandalwood aromatherapy as
an alternative therapy in the treatment of adolescents sleeping problems.
Penulis: Ariani, NWN., Ns. Ni
Luh Putu Yunianti S. C., S.Kep, M.Pd
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd130090
