Pengaruh Pemberian Massage Punggung dan Senam Lansia Terhadap Insomnia pada Orang Lanjut Usia

Insomnia is a condition in which an individual experiences a change in his resting pattern that causes discomfort or disrupts the desired lifestyle. The older a person is, the fewer hours of sleep are needed. An elderly person will take longer to initiate sleep and have less time to sleep well. Along with the decline in body functions in relation to sleep physiology, the amount of sleep needed in the elderly has decreased. Massage can help the mind to get relax so that it can reduce stress and make comfortable feeling, also can trigger the release of endorphins, brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that produce a feeling of comfort with the result that can improve sleep quality. In addition, exercise activities will help the elderly's body to stay fit and fresh, because this exercise is able to train bones to stay strong, encourage the heart to work optimally and help eliminate free radicals that roam the body. To determine the effect of back massage and elderly exercise on the reduction of insomnia in the elderly Peduli Insani Integrated Healthcare Center for Elderly. This study uses experimental research with a quasi-experimental approach .. The research design was in the form of pre-test and post-test by comparing two groups, group 1, a group consists of the elderly exercise control group and group 2, a group consists of the treatment group given exercise plus back massage. The research instrument used the JPBSG-IRS (Jakarta Psychiatric Biology Study Group- Insomnia Rating Scale) or KSPBJ- IRS (Kelompok Studi Psikiarti Biologi Jakarta- Insomnia Rating Scale). Based on the results of the normality test, it was found that the data in the treatment group and control group were normally distributed, so that the effect test used was the paired sample t-test, the p-value obtained was 0.000 <0.05, and the difference in influence test used was the independent sample test t-test results obtained p-value 0.038