PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK DAN TINGKAT STRES TERHADAP KEJADIAN INSOMNIA PADA LANSIA DI DESAPIDOLI KECAMATAN PANYABUNGAN UTARA KABUPATEN MANDAILING NATAL TAHUN 2018

Abstract

that occur in the elderly. One of them is the existence of mental disorders such as stress. Stress is one of the causes of insomnia in the elderly. The purpose of this research is to identify the characteristics and the influence of stress level on the incidence of insomnia in the Sosial Services Unit Pidoli. Insomnia is a condition in which a person has difficulty in initiating sleep, maintaining sleep and can sleep again at midnight wake. Experienced insomnia more men than women. The study design was a descriptive study of correlation and sampling techniques using purposive sampling with 20 respondents who met the inclusion criteria. Method of data collection questionnaire sheet with chi square test. Results of the analysis of the data indicates p value < 0,05 is equal to 0,000 which has a significant value which means there is the influence of the characteristic and level of stres on the incidence of insomnia in the elderly. Recommendations from this study are expected to be advanced age and physical activity to practice to prevent the occurrence of stress in order to avoid the risk of insomnia. From these results it can be concluded that the need for attention and therapeautic communication from the officer to the elderly who live on Social Services Unit of the incident so that the quality of sleep insomnia elderly can be met.