Pengaruh Terapi Slow Stroke Back Massage (SSBM) terhadap Depresi pada Lansia di Unit Pelayanan Teknis Panti Sosial Lanjut Usia (UPT PSLU) Kabupaten Jember. (The Effect of Slow Stroke Back Massage (SSBM)Therapy for Depression in Elderly in Unit Pelayanan T

Abstract

Depression is a psychiatric disorder focused on the natural feelings of an individual, characterized
by prolonged sadness, feelings of failure and worthlessness along with other accompanying
symptoms. Depression in the elderly is caused by several factors, (physiological factors and
psychological factors). The physiological factors is dysregulation of neurotransmitters. SSBM
therapy produce the endorphin to anticipate dysregulation of neurotransmitters that cause
depression in elderly. The objective of this research was to know the effect of SSBM for depression
of elderly in UPT PSLU Jember. This research was a quasy experiment with pretest-posttest with
control group design. The respondent is 20 respondents, conducted by simple random sampling,
and divided into two groups: treatment and control group. Data were analyzed used t test dependent
and t-test independent with α: 0,05 . The result showed that there were significant differences of
depression in treatment group (p value: 0,001). Otherwise, there were no differences of depression
in control group (p value: 1,000). Furthermore, there were significant differences of depression
between treatment group and control group after SSBM (p value: 0,027). The conclusion is SSBM
can decrease depression in elderly. It is recommended for nurses to do SSBM to decrease
depression in elderly.
Keywords: SSBM, depression, elderly