PENGARUH PENERAPAN LOGOTERAPI TERHADAP TINGKAT STRES PADA LANSIA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS SIABU

Abstrak

The process of aging is a lifelong process, not only starting from a certain time, but starting from the beginning of life. Stress is a disorder of the human body and mind caused by changes and demands of life that are influenced by the environment or the perception of the elderly about a situation. Logotherapy is an individual therapy activity in the form of counseling done to overcome various problems in the elderly, one of which is stress. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of applying logotherapy to stress levels in the elderly in the Work Area of ​​the Siabu Mandaling Natal Health Center. The research design is Quasi Experimental Design using One Group Pretest Posttest research design, a population of 60 people and a sample of 15 respondents obtained using the Purposive Sampling method. The research instrument used was a questionnaire DASS (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale). The results of statistical tests using the Wilcoxon test, obtained p = 0.046. This means that the value of p <α (0.05). The conclusion of this study is that there is an influence of the application of logotherapy to stress levels in the elderly.