Chairul Huda Al Husna (2010) Pengaruh Sound Therapy Binaural Beats Terhadap Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Tidur Pada Lansia Di UPT Pelayanan Sosial Lanjut Usia Blitar Di Tulungagung: Penelitian Pre-Eksperimental. Skripsi thesis, UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA.

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Abstract

Aging process is natural process for elderly. This process affects all life aspects of elderly, such as physic, psychic, and social. Fulfillment of the need sleep disorder is one of the problem that faced by elderly with aging process. Sound therapy binaural beats is one of method to increase the fulfillment of the need of sleep. Objective of this study was to analyze the effect of sound therapy binaural beats on the fulfillment of the need of sleep in elderly. This study used pre experimental design. The population was elderly with sleep disorders in UPT PSLU Tulungagung. The sample was recruited using purposive sampling, consisting of 12 respondents, taken according to the inclusion criteria. The independent variable of this study was the sound therapy binaural beats and the dependent variable was the fulfillment of sleep in elderly. Data were collected by using structured questionnaire and the observation of sleep duration. This study use PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) to measure quality and use observation sheet to calculate quantity of sleep. They were analyzed by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Paired t-Test with level of significance p≤0.05. Result showed that sound therapy binaural beats the increase of fulfilment of the need of sleep: quality (p=0.002), and also the increase quantity (p=0.000). It can be concluded that sound therapy binaural beats has significantly effect on the fulfillment of the need of sleep in elderly both of quality and quantity through the mechanism of increased alpha brainwaves, serotonin, endorphin, and melatonin. Further research should measure the effect of sound therapy binaural beats in longer term and apply for other brainwave.

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