The effectiveness of gamelan therapy on depression levels in chronic kidney failure patients

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: The effect of depression on human behavior have been widely recognized in chronic kidney failure patients who undergoing hemodialysis. There was some depression technique management which could be applied. It could be a pharmacological or non-pharmacological technique. One of the complementary non-pharmacological therapy are Javanese gamelan therapy. OBJECTIVE: This research reduced depression level with Javanese gamelan therapy in chronic kidney failure patients' who undergo hemodialysis at RSUD KRMT Wongsonegoro Semarang. METHOD: It was a quasi-experimental research with pretest-post-test without control group. The research was administered during March-May 2019 with 30 respondents taken as sample using the total sampling technique. RESULTS: The research on 30 respondents showed that p-value=0.00, <α=0.05, so that Ha was accepted, and Ho rejected. CONCLUSION: There is significant Javanese gamelan therapy on level depression reducing chronic kidney failure patients' who undergo hemodialysis at RSUD KRMT Wongsonegoro Semarang. Suggestion Javanese gamelan therapy may help in naturally maintains heart health and controlling normal blood pressure using music as relaxation medium

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