PENGARUH PEMBERIAN AROMATERAPI LAVENDER TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA PASIEN PRA OPERASI DI RUMAH SAKIT DAERAH dr. SOEBANDI JEMBER

Abstract

Surgery was an invasive procedure which done to get rid of certain part or take out an extraneous thing within the body. The foremost problem which was possible to appear from the patient with this pre-operattive phase was anxiety.The pre-operative anxiety was an anticipation respond toward an experience that considered by the patient as a threat. Lavender aromatherapy was one of non pharmacological treatment to cure the anxiety used the odor of fragrant plant. The molecules of lavender oil extract are believed possessing sedative effect and antidepressant which affect the one’s felling and emotion. The purpose of this study was to compare the anxiety levels to patient anxiety within pre operative before and after given lavender aromatherapy. The design of this study was pre experimental research with one group pretest and posttest. This research uses 32 respondents as sample. The results indicate that the level of anxiety before given lavender aromatherapy shows 100% respondents experienced anxiety. After the lavender aromatherapy, 81,3% respondents have decreased levels of anxiety. The analyzed used Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with 95% CI (α:0,05) got p-value 0,000 < α (0,05) as the result. The conclusion from this research that lavender aromatherapy has a significant effect toward the level of anxiety pre-operative. Based on the research, lavender aromatherapy can be used as a nurse intervention by making the standard operational procedure (SOP) about lavender aromatherapy to solve the anxiety problem.