Abstract: Introduction: Anxiety levels in patients with CKD tend to be fixed, so it is necessary to implement an effective, efficient, and simple approach to reduce their anxiety. Therapy using relaxation methods is able to create a supportive inner atmosphere. The supporting therapy is lavender aromatherapy which is able to create a feeling of comfort. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the use of Benson relaxation combination therapy and aromatherapy on anxiety in patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment. Methods: The method of this research is a quasy experiment with pretest-posttest in one group. In this study, one group of subjects was given a questionnaire to measure anxiety levels before and after the Benson relaxation therapy intervention and aromatherapy. The questionnaire used to measure anxiety is the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale questionnaire. Results: The results of data analysis showed that there was a decrease in anxiety in patients with pre-test data (n=18; 85.7%), mild anxiety and moderate anxiety (n=3; 14.3%). As for the post test data, the majority were not anxious (n=20; 95.2%) and mildly anxious (n=1; 4.8%). Conclusions: It can be concluded that there is an effect of combination therapy of benson relaxation and lavender aromatherapy on the anxiety of patients undergoing hemodialysis with a p value of 0.001.
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