The Effectiveness of Five Finger Hypnosis in Reducing Fear of Jakarta AGD Nurses When Evacuating Covid-19 Patients

Abstract

Introduction: The confirmed number of Covid-19 is still increasing so all people must comply with the strict health protocols from the local government. Health workers such as nurses who treat or evacuate patients with Covid-19 are subject to a very high risk of exposure because they are on the front line, thus making nurses always feel worried and afraid of being exposed or transmitting it to their families.

Objective: This study aims to determine how big the effect of five-finger hypnosis reduces the feeling of fear experienced.

Methods: The type of research used is quantitative research with a correlational design to determine whether there is a relationship between variables using experimental research. The population in this study who became the research population were all AGD nurses at the DKI Jakarta Health Office who were tasked with evacuating Covid-19 patients. The sampling technique used a total sampling of 25 people. The research instrument used is a questionnaire. The FVC-19 questionnaire is standard. The questionnaire was in standard form so that neither validity nor reliability was tested. In this study, the analysis used the Mc Nemar test.

Results: This shows the value of Sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000 < 0.05, so it can be concluded that there is a difference in the value of the pretest and posttest behavior measurements.

Conclusion: There is a difference or difference between before and after being given five-finger hypnosis therapy to AGD nurses at the DKI Jakarta Health Office, during the evacuation of Covid-19 patients.