THE EFFECT OF HUMOR THERAPY USING WAYANG VIDEO MEDIA ON REDUCING ANXIETY LEVELS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH HYPERTENSION AT BANJAR TEGAL BUAH, PADANGSAMBIAN KELOD VILLAGE

Abstract

Background: The elderly are at significant risk of developing hypertension. Anxiety is one of the psychological problems that hypertension patients face. Anxiety can be reduced by using non-pharmacological therapies, one of which is comedy therapy using wayang video media. Purpose: This study aims to determine the effect of humour therapy using wayang video media on reducing anxiety levels in elderly people with hypertension in Tegal Buah Banjar, Padangsambian Kelod Village Method: A pre-experimental one group pretest-posttest design was utilized in this study, with a sample of 38 respondents chosen using a purposive sampling strategy from a group of senior people aged 60-74 years and suffering from hypertension. The instrument used was a standard operational procedure of humor therapy using wayang video media to reduce anxiety levels in elderly people with hypertension and the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) questionnaire. Data were tested using the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test (p value <,= 0.05). Results: The statistical test results obtained a p-value of 0.001 <0.05 Conclusion: So it can be concluded that there is an effect of Humor Therapy with Wayang Video Media on Reducing Anxiety Levels in Elderly People with Hypertension at Banjar Tegal Buah, Padangsambian Kelod Village. It is recommended that in the future the health service and the

Keyword: Hypertension, Elderly, Wayang Video Media