THE EFFECT OF MUSIC THERAPY ON THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY IN PATIENTS PRE-OPERATING UTERINE MYOMA IN PAVILION F II OF THE CITY HOSPITAL Dr. RAMELAN SURABAYA

Abstract

Introduction

Uterine myomas are the benign neoplasm origin from the uterine muscles and the binding tissue, the impact caused by uterine myomas is the one to the pregnancy and child-birth and, inversely, so the pregnancy and child-birth also influence the existing myoma. The uterine myoma treatment in general is the operative action namely hysterectomy, and myomectomy, the operative action frequently causes psychological effects in the form of anxiety, anxiety is the emotional response to something that is not yet clearly marked on the biological aspect, intellectual aspect and emotional aspect. The theory mentioned that music triggers the endophrine hormone, a hormone with a relaxing nature and the slow music can be relaxing by slowing the breathing and heart beat.

Method

The design used in this research was the pre experiment design with the one group pre test-post test design type in which the independent variable was musical therapy effect and the dependent variable was the anxiety level of the preoperative uterine myoma patients. This research used the non probability sampling method with the saturated sampling technique. It was analyzed using the Wilcoxon test with p < 0.005; sample taken was the entire myoma uterus pre operative patients at F II room of Dr. Ramelan Naval Hospital of Surabaya on April 20 – June 30 2010.

Result

In the results of this research obtained that before the musical therapy the average patients' anxiety level was in the moderate anxiety namely 5 patients (71%), after the musical therapy implementation the average patients' anxiety level was in the moderate anxiety of as many as 4 patients (57%) with p .... 0.257 and value of Z-1, 134a meaning that the musical therapy did not prove could decrease the anxiety level of the preoperative uterine myoma patients .

Conclusion

Viewing the results of this research, the musical therapy did not give the significant anxiety decreasing effect. Therefore, it is expected that it can open the discourse for the nurses to re-examine the musical therapy. .