THE EFFECT OF DHIKR THERAPY ON THE ANXIETY OF THE ELDERLY AT UPT SOCIAL CARE TRESNA WERDHA KHUSNUL KHOTIMAH PEKANBARU

Abstract

The prevalence of mental health was found that 60% of the elderly experienced loneliness and 40% experienced anxiety resulting in stress. Anxiety causes the elderly to be more pessimistic and do not accept themselves positively. One of the treatments that can be done is with dhikr therapy. Zikir is one of the parts of therapy that is able to raise hope and confidence in individuals because it contains spiritual and religious aspects. The purpose of the study was to find out whether there was an Effect of Zikir Therapy on the anxiety of the elderly at the UPT Tresna Werdha Social Home (PSTW) Khusnul Khotimah Pekanbaru. This type of research is a quantitative research with a quasi-experimental design. The research location is located at the UPT Tresna Werdha Social Home (PSTW) Husnul Khotimah Social Service of Riau Province with a research time used for 6 months, namely from September – February. The total population of people with the sampling technique was a sample of 28 people. The research instruments used were using the SOP for dhikr therapy and the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) questionnaire. Based on data on the age of respondents aged 39-104 years, the gender is male around 14 people and 14 people are female. The results of the study from 28 respondents showed that the average value of pretest anxiety in the elderly was 12.32, while the average value of posttest anxiety in the elderly was 4.61. The results of the research from 28 respondents were obtained with a P value of 0.000. This means that at the P value of <0.05, Ha is accepted, which means that there is an effect of dhikr therapy on anxiety in the elderly at the UPT Tresna Werdha Khusnul Khotimah Social Home Pekanbaru. The suggestions submitted related to this study are that they can add knowledge about the effect of dhikr therapy on anxiety in the elderly, and can be used as a reference and there is a continuation of research related to dhikr therapy on anxiety in the elderly.