The result of analysis showed that ρ = 0.000 in which ρ< 0.05 so that H 0 was rejected. The result of this study showed that of 28 respondents before receiving dhikr music therapy, most of them (57.1%) had severe depression After receiving the therapy, half of them (50.0%) had mild depression. The instrument used in this study was DASS 42 (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale) implemented to the elderly, then analyzed by using Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The independent variable was the dhikr music therapy, whereas the dependent variable was the depression level in the elderly. 28 elderly people aged 60-74 years were taken as the samples by using probability sampling, namely simple random sampling technique. This pre-experimental study was done by using a one-group pretest-posttest design, involving the population totaling 30 people. Hence, this study was purposed to find out the effect of dhikr music therapy on the depression level in the elderly living in the naval official housing complex RT 3 RW 2 Pulungan.
One of the psychological problems experienced by them is depression.
The effects of aging process experienced by the elderly cause various physical, mental, and socio-economic problems. Fakultas Keperawatan dan Kebidanan Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabayaĭhikr music teraphy, depression, elderly Abstract
