The Effectiveness of Warm Milk and Chamomile Tea on Anxiety Symptomps in the Elderly

: The aging process will cause changes in anatomy and physiology. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a matter of concern about everyday problems and the anxiety, tired, difficult to concentrate, irritable, muscle tension, and problem of sleeping. Matricaria recutita or Chamomilla recutita has been used as a traditional herb medicine because of its soothing effects. Milk contains many amino acids tryptophan which is one of the basic ingredients of serotonin, so the body can rest well. The purpose of this study is to invent the effect of warm milk and chamomile tea on symptoms of anxiety in the elderly. This is an experimental analytic study, using a pretest-posttest design with an 8-week purposive sampling technique located in Panti Jompo Karya Kasih, Medan. 54 participants completed the HAM-A Rating Scale before and after the intervention with 18 subjects each in the group of warm milk, chamomile tea and controls. Participants aged 60-74 years were men and women with good cognitive abilities. Based on the results of this study, it was found that the difference in scores before and after in the milk group was 21.56 and in the chamomile tea group it was 21.50. Through the T-independent test also obtained the value of P is 0.59 (p> 0.05) that means there is no significant difference regarding the provision of warm milk and chamomile tea to anxiety in the elderly.