PENGARUH SELF � SELECTED INDIVIDUAL MUSIC THERAPY(SeLIMuT) TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN KANKER PALIATIF DI RSUP DR. SARDJITO YOGYAKARTA

Background: Many palliative cancer patients experiencing anxiety. These problems have not gotten the focus optimum therapy. Self-selected Individual Music Therapy (SeLIMuT) as complementary therapy that increased relaxation process and decrease anxiety is one of easy, cheap and effective. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of the SeLIMuT on anxiety level pf palliative cancer patients. Methods: Quasi Experiment pre-test and post-test design with Comparison Group with purposive sampling technique was conducted at IRNA I was DR. Sardjito Yogyakarta. Total number of respondents 46 people divide in to the control group (n = 23) were not given the intervention and intervention group (n = 23) receiving SeLIMuT therapy for 15-20 minutes. Both groups were evaluated for pre and post-test anxiety using Anxiety Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Results: This study showed that there is a significant difference in the average anxiety both groups with a p value = 0.001 (p