THE EFFECT OF LAVENDER AROMATHERAPY ON INSOMNIA IN THE ELDERLY IN KARYA MULYA VILLAGE KESAMBI DISTRICT CIREBON CITY

Insomnia is a problem that often occurs in elderly people. namely the inability to
sleep. Management and treatment of elderly people who suffer from insomnia are broadly
divided into two categories of pharmacological treatment and nonpharmacological
treatment. Pharmacological treatment focuses on drug delivery. Lavender aromatherapy is
a non-pharmacological intervention that can improve sleep quality in the elderly.
This type of research is quantitative with a research design using one group
pretest-posttest with the pre-experimental method and paired t-test. as many as 30 elderly
people aged 55-65 years and over and will be given the IRS (Insomnia Rating Scale)
questionnaire which will be given before and after giving lavender aromatherapy.
Respondents received lavender aromatherapy for 8 consecutive days.
The results showed that lavender aromatherapy had a significant effect on
reducing insomnia in the elderly. Before being given lavender aromatherapy, there were
25 respondents (80.6%) with severe insomnia and 5 respondents (16.1%) with mild
insomnia. After being given lavender aromatherapy, 27 respondents (90.0%) had no
insomnia and 3 respondents (10.0%) had moderate insomnia. the p value is 0.00 or <0.05,
thus it can be concluded that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted.
In administering lavender aromatherapy to the elderly in Karya Mulya Village,
Kesambi District, Cirebon City, there was a in the level of insomnia before and after
giving lavender aromatherapy for 8 consecutive days.