Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer suffered by women. Cancer patients generally experience side effects of chemotherapy such as nausea and vomiting. Aim : The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of aromatherapy on nausea and vomiting of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: this study is a true experimental study with a randomized pre-post-test design with a control group. The study sample was breast cancer patients with one day care chemotherapy at RSUD dr. Soetomo Surabaya. The sample was divided into 2 groups, the aromatherapy group (n = 20) and the control group (n = 20) collected consecutively in August to September 2019. Inhalation lavender aromatherapy is performed independently by patients at home every 2 times a day for 3 consecutive weeks (21 days). The instrument measures nausea and vomiting using the Rhodes Index Nausea, Vomiting and restcing. data analysis using paired t test. Results: The aromatherapy group had a mean difference of pre-post test -9.20, higher than the control group 0.30. Paired t test showed that there were significant differences in mean pre and post test in the aromatherapy group with p value <0.001 compared to the control group p 0.741 (> 0.05). Conclusion: lavender aromatherapy inhaled continuously for three consecutive weeks can reduce the nausea and vomiting of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Latar belakang : Tidur merupakan salah satu kebutuhan dasar manusia. Kualitas tidur dapat menjadi salah satu indikator dalam menentukan kualitas hidup seseorang, terutama pada lansia. Tujuan : Dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran kualitas tidur yang terjadi pada lansia berdasarkan variabel usia, jenis kelamin, dan status perkawinan. Metode : Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan rancangan cross-sectional. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah consecutive sampling dengan jumlah sampel 71 responden. Hasil penelitian : Data demografi berdasarkan umur dalam rentang dengan jumlah 75-89 tahun (71.4%) dan 60-74 tahun (28.6%), berdasarkan jenis kelamin ditemukan perempuan (52.4%) dan laki-laki (47.6%), berdasarkan status perkawinan dengan status janda/duda (81,0%) dan berstatus menikah (19.0%). Kesimpulan : Lansia di panti menunjukan ada gambaran yang bermakna antara karakteristik responden dengan kualitas tidur lansia dimana semakin tinggi skor kualitas tidur selama era pandemi covid-19 maka akan semakin buruk kualitas tidur
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