PENGARUH PEMBERIAN AROMATERAPI BASIL TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KUALITAS TIDUR DI BATALYON YONIF MEKANIS RAIDER 413/BREMORO

Abstract

Sleep is a process of repeated consciousness changes within a certain period. Good sleep quality is reflected by one’s easiness to fall asleep during bedtime, to maintain sleep, to initiate to sleep again after waking at night, and to switch from sleep to waking in the morning. The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of administration of basil aromatherapy increased the sleep quality of the soldiers at 413rd Mechanized-Raider Infantry Battalion/Bremoro, Mojolaban Sukoharjo. This research used the quasi experimental research method with pre-test and post-test without control design. Total sampling was used to determine its samples. Its samples consisted of 33 respondents. The data of the research were analyzed by using the Wilcoxon’s signed rank test.result of the research shows that 24 respondents 72.7% had good sleep quality, and 9 respondents (27.2%)experienced bad sleep quality as indicated by the p value = 0.000. Thus, the administration of basil aromatherapy increased the sleep quality of the soldiers at 413rd Mechanized-Raider Infantry Battalion/Bremoro, Mojolaban Sukoharjo.