Pengaruh Psikoedukasi Terhadap Pengetahuan Dan Depresi Orang Tua Anak Retardasi Mental

Having children with a disorder may can affect stress on families financially, intellectually, socially and physically. Treatments for physical disabilities children resulted a higher depression level than those were not. This pre-eksperimental study apply one group pretest-posttest design. Group of parents of mental retarded children was identified as less knowledge and experiencing depression were exposed to psychoeducation intervention then remeasured after exposing. Sample, 35 people were selected by total sampling. Collected data were analyzed with Wilcoxon test. Results showed significant difference between the level of knowledge and depression after exposed psicoeducation intervention by p=0.00. The results imply to guidelines and standard operating procedures in the management of increased knowledge and reducing depression for mental retarded children parents

Efek Spiritual Emotional Freedom Techniqueterhadap Cemas Dan Depresi, Sindrom Koroner Akut

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a cause of heart disease deaths. Symptoms of depressi on anxiety, and stres is increased in patients with ACS. These symptoms may affect treatment and healing processand cause complications. This study aims to determine the effect of intervention Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) to decrease depression, anxiety, and stres in patients with ACS who were treated in the cardiac intensive care unit. The research design was quasi-experimental, and using consequtive sampling as sampling technique, 42 responsdents were divided into intervention and control groups. Determination the number of responsdents for the control and intervention groups using a number ramdom trial, 19 responsdents intervention group and 23 responsdents the control group. Intervention group and control group measure levels of depression, anxiety, and stres using questionnaires The Depression Anxiety Stres Scales 21 (DASS 21) later in the intervention group was given SEFT intervention once for 15 minutes and measured return rates of depression, anxiety, and stres in the intervention group and the control group. Data were analyzed with the Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney. Results show significant differences between levels of depression, anxiety, and stres before and after the intervention SEFT between the intervention group and the control group (p<0.05). SEFT interventions help reduce depression, anxiety, and stres in patients with ACS. Limitations of this study is the difficulty in controlling the characteristics of the responsdents as a confounding variable. This research benefits that SEFT interventions can be used to reduce depression, anxiety, and stres in patients with ACS, and can be consider as one intervention