Terapi musik kognitif perilakuan untuk menurunkan kecemasan pada penderita tekanan darah tinggi

WILIANTO, Vera Morena, Dr. MG. Adiyanti, Psi

2009 | Tesis | S2 Magister Profesi Psikologi

Anxiety can increase the blood pressure, which is harmed if happened to people with hypertension. This study aimed to determine wheter cognitive behavioral music therapy is able to reduced anxiety to four women aged 40 to 60 years old with an essential hypertension (stage 1 and 2), who like listening music, and had a moderate anxiety. Cognitive behavioral music therapy was given individually, four times , using a MP4 player and a headphone. The participants’s anxiety was measured using Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) Scale at baseline and every session. This study used small N experiment with ABA design. The data was analyzed with visual inspection and qualitative analyzes. The result showed that cognitive behavioral music therapy could reduce anxiety among people with hypertension.

Kata Kunci : Cognitive behavioral music therapy,Anxiety,Hypertension, cognitive behavioral music therapy, anxiety, hypertension