LOGOTERAPI UNTUK MENURUNKAN KECEMASAN LANSIA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI

Anxiety is everything that exists in human thinking, comes from past experiences, and can be oriented towards a future that has not yet been realized. Anxiety like this usually happens to everyone. For elderly people with chronic illnesses, the hope of continuing their life seems blurry and uncertain. This experimental research aims to determine the effectiveness of logotherapy in reducing anxiety levels. The type of research carried out was a quasi-experimental randomized control group pre-test and post-test design. The subjects in this study were 12 elderly women with hypertension who experienced anxiety with an age range of 60-70 years using a purposive sampling technique. The research instruments used were the BAI scale (Beck Anxiety Inventory) and the Meaning of Life questionnaire. The data analysis method in this research is the Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests. The results of the study showed that there was a decrease in the anxiety level scores of elderly people with hypertension in the experimental group who were given logotherapy treatment and there was no decrease in the anxiety level scores in the control group.