TY - JOUR AU - Rahayu, Asri Purwanti AU - Ciptaningtyas, Maria Diah AU - Solikhah, Fitriana Kurniasari PY - 2020/10/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Effect of Kutaneus Stimulus (Slow-Stroke Back Massage) and Music Therapy of Anxiety Levels Inpatient Pre Operations in Mardi Waluyo Blitar Hospital JF - Journal on Medical Emphasis Research JA - JMER VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://syniutajournals.com/index.php/JMER/article/view/170 SP - AB - <p>Surgery will cause the patient to experience various stressors. Stressors that appear can be psychological stress such as anxiety. Someone who experiences severe anxiety tends to hamper the operation process; the patient will be short-tempered, and irritable. This study aims to determine the effect of a cutaneous stimulus (slow-stroke back massage) and music therapy on anxiety levels in preoperative patients at Mardi Waluyo Blitar Hospital. This research uses a quasi-experimental design. The number of samples in this study was 36 respondents who were divided into three groups, namely the slow-stroke back massage group, music therapy, and a combination of both. The sampling in this study is nonprobability sampling with a purposive sampling approach. This research uses statistical analysis test Paired T-Test and Anova Two Way. Paired T-Test results showed a p-value of 0,000 &lt;α (0.05), which means there is a significant effect between slow-stroke back massage, music therapy, and a combination of both of them on the level of anxiety in preoperative patients. ANOVA Two Way test results found that the p-value 0.307&gt; α (0.05) with no significant difference in effect between groups of slow-stroke back massage, music therapy, and a combination of both of them on the level of anxiety of preoperative patients. Cutaneous stimulus (slow-stroke back massage) and music therapy significantly reduce anxiety levels in preoperative patients. Meanwhile, there is no significant difference in effect between cutaneous stimulus (slow-stroke back massage).</p> ER -