The Effect of Effleurage Back Massage to Anxiety Levels in Patient with Kidney Transplant Surgery Preparation in Siloam Asri Surgical Hospital 2024

Abstract

Background: Kidney transplantation is a major surgical procedure which sometimes has an impact on preoperative anxiety in patients, where preoperative anxiety is usually caused by fear of anesthesia, surgery, and pain after surgery. One of the non-pharmacological techniques that can be done is the effleurage back massage (EBM) relaxation technique. Purpose of the study: This is to determine the effect of effleurage back massage on anxiety levels in patients planning kidney transplant surgery at Siloam Asri Surgical Hospital. Research method: used is pre-experimental with a one group pretest-posttest design approach, with a research sample of 15 and the research instrument used is APAIS. Research results: showed that the majority of anxiety levels in respondents before the EBM intervention were moderate anxiety, namely n = 7 (46.7%) and after the EBM intervention was mild anxiety n = 7 (46.7%). The results of statistical tests using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test showed that there was an effect of effleurage back massages on the level of anxiety in preoperative kidney transplant patients with a p value of 0.001 or <0.05. Conclusion: There is an effect of EBM on the level of anxiety in patients with planned Kidney Transplant Surgery at Siloam Asri Surgical Hospital