Differences in the Effectiveness of Autogenic and Supportive Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Elderly Post-Flood in Kanorejo Village, Rengel District, Tuban Regency

Abstract

PTSD (Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder) is a syndrome of anxiety, autonomic lability, and experiencing flashbacks of very sad experiences after physical and emotional stress that exceeds the endurance limits of ordinary people. In addition, PTSD can also be defined as an extreme physically and mentally debilitating condition that occurs after a person sees, hears, or experiences a severe traumatic event and or an event that threatens his life. This research belongs to the type of experimental analytical research with a quasi-experimental design with a prospective approach. This study used probability sampling technique and tested with Wilcoxon test and logistic regression. Wilcoxon test results obtained p value 0.000 <0.05 and regression test. which means that there is a difference in the effectiveness of autogenic and supportive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in the elderly after the flood (in Kanorejo village, Rengel sub-district, Tuban district). The conclusion of this study is that the difference in the effectiveness of autogenic and supportive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in the elderly after the flood (in Kanorejo village, Rengel district, Tuban district) was conducted to determine the difference between effectiveness so that one therapy can be chosen to eliminate post-flood trauma.
Keywords: autogenic and supportive therapy; post-traumatic stress disorder; elderly