The Effect of Finger Hold and Music Therapy to Insomnia in Elderly

. Insomnia is one of the complaints felt by the elders. In Indonesia, prevalence rate of insomnia in Indonesia is around 67 percent. Insomnia increases in women up to 40 percent at the age of fourty-fifty years old. The one of pharmacological therapy for insomnia is given finger hold and music therapy. Finger hold therapy will stimulate the release of the hormone melatonin and music will produce β endorphin and encephalin substances, both of which can make the body relax, calm, reduce pain and cause feelings of pleasure. The purpose of the study to know the effect of finger hold and music therapy to insomnia in elderly at Ngadiharjo Village Borobudur District, Magelang Regency. The research method used is quays experiment with two group pre and post with control group. The sample used was 46 people and separted to the group there is 23 people. Sample technique used was proportional random sampling. The differences in insomnia level after finger hold and music therapy in intervention group and control group is < 0,05 with p value 0,000. There is an influence of finger hold and music therapy on the level of insomnia in the elderly in Ngadiharjo Village, Borobudur District, Magelang Regency in 2019. Such therapy can be used as alternative therapy or complementary therapy to overcome insomnia the elderly.