Nursing Modality Therapy (Spiritual Deep Breathing) Resolve Student Distress

Abstract

The condition of nursing faculty students has many academic tasks such as attending classes, taking exams, socializing, adjusting to fellow students with different characteristics and backgrounds, developing talents and interests through non-academic activities. This condition causes students to not be able to manage time well so that they experience distress. Quasy experiment research used two groups pre-post-test design. The sample included 15 control groups and 15 treatment groups. The sampling technique uses simple random sampling. Research variables include spiritual deep breathing therapy and distress rate. The instrument uses depression anxiety stress scale-42 (DASS-42) in the form of a Likert scale. This type of unfavorable questionnaire contains 42 questions. The spiritual instrument deep breathing therapy is about 20 minutes a day for seven days. Statistical test using Wilcoxon signed rank test against both groups. There was a significant effect on the treatment group (p-value 0.001). In the control group there was no effect (p-value 0.263). Distress conditions in a person can be overcome with one therapy such as spiritual deep breathing therapy. Spiritual deep breathing therapy as a therapy for nursing modalities can optimize oxygen demand for cells that are distressed, blood flow to the muscles decreases otherwise blood flows to the brain and skin increases so as to provide a sense of warmth, comfort and calm.

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“…One solution to overcome health problems is by using complementary therapy, namely manipulative and bodybased therapy, such as relaxation of the respiratory system, which has benefits for & Kushariyadi, 2011). Distress conditions in a person can be treated with respiratory therapy (Kushariyadi et al, 2019).…”

“…The results of other research show that using a combination of ACBT therapy with other programs or technology can provide more benefits to patients (Shen et al, 2021). The results of other research showed that ACBT therapy was accompanied by administration postural drainage in bronchitis patients it is more effective in increasing daily sputum output, increasingoxygen levels in arteries, increasing PaO2, minimizing P (A-1) compared to conventional therapy(Halim et al, 2016).The results of other research show that spiritual deep breathing therapy as a nursing modality can optimize oxygen needs in stressed cells, blood flow to the muscles decreases, whereas blood flow to the brain and skin increases, providing a feeling of warmth, comfort and calm(Kushariyadi et al, 2019). The results of lung tissue (Elsayed etVolume 3 Issue 1, February 2024, pp 90-103 https://ebsina.or.id/journals/index.php/jkmi EISSN 2502-2717 100 Active Cycle of Breathing Technique: The Right Choice for Ineffective Airway Clearance Nursing Problem al., 2015).…”