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Effectiveness of Lavender Aromatherapy and Natural Sound Music Against Anxiety Level in VIA Examination Patients

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Visual inspection acetic acid (VIA) is a screening to detect the presence of cervical pre-cancerous lesions so that often causes anxiety in patients who are often ignored by health workers.The diagnosis of cancer often caused anxiety and depression for a patient so lose the spirit for life.Early detection of anxiety disorders is very important because anxiety can be complicated the medical condition.This paper proposes lavender aromatherapy and natural sound music to overcome the anxiety of VIA examination patients.Aromatherapy and natural sound music can influence levels of stress hormones in the body and affect brain waves which can cause feelings of relaxation for patients.The design of this study was quasi-experimental using pre and posttest with a control group design, there were 64 categorized into an intervention group (n=16) used aromatherapy, (n=16) used natural sound music, (n=16) used a combination of aromatherapy and natural sound music and control groups (n=16).The intervention was carried out for 15 minutes where respondents waited for the VIA examination.The Kruskal-Wallis test showed a Pvalue of 0,000 (<0.05), which indicated that there was a statistically significant effect of the lavender aromatherapy and nature sound music on the anxiety level in the VIA examination patients.

Source: International Conference on Science, Health, Economics, Education and Technology (ICoSHEET)

DOI: 10.2991/ahsr.k.200723.080

Authors: S Mujahidah, Fery Agusman Motuho Mendrofa

Institution: Universitas Karya Husada Semarang

Language: English

Topic: Music Therapy and Health

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W3044697697