PENGARUH TERAPI RENDAM KAKI DENGAN AIR HANGAT TERHADAP INSOMNIA PADA LANSIA

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NURSING SCIENCE PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF AUFA ROYHAN PADANGSIDIMPUAN Research Report, September 2019 Apni Maulida Hasibuan THE EFFECT OF FOOT BATH THERAPY WITH WARM WATER ON INSOMNIA IN THE ELDERLY ABSTRACT One of the health problems that often occurs in the elderly is insomnia. Insomnia is a condition where a person has difficulty sleeping, expecially at night. Some sleep disorders can be life-threatening either directly or indirectly such as accidents due to sleep disorders. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a treatment to overcome this so that the community is able to overcome the problem. The purpose of this study is to determine the Effect of Soaking Foot Therapy with Warm Water Against Insomnia in the Elderly. This type of research is a quantitative study approach to the Quasi Experiment research design. The population in this study was 444 elderly people. The sampling technique uses total sampling, with a sample of 30 elderly people. The results of the study using the Wilcoxon test obtained ρ-value that is 0,000 (ρ <0.05). The conclusions of the results showed that there was an effect of foot-soaking with warm water on insomnia in the elderly in Aek Tampang Neighborhood I Village. Keywords : Insomnia, Elderly, Foot soak therapy with warm water. References : (2006-2018).