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INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH RESEARCH INNOVATION (IJHRI) https://journal.ymci.my.id/index.php/ijhri/index VOL. 02 NO. 01, FEBRUARI 2025

Abstract

The philological and psychological responses of patients can be caused by planned
surgical procedures. In preoperative patients, psychological responses (anxiety)
are one of the most common responses. In order to reduce anxiety, actions that can
be taken through non-pharmacological therapy, in the form of Benson relaxation
techniques and five-finger grip techniques. The aim is to determine the
effectiveness of Benson relaxation techniques and five-finger grip techniques on
the level of anxiety of preoperative patients at the Bekasi Regency Hospital. This
research uses the Quasi-Experiment method with pre-test and post-test designs,
without control group design, sampling using purposive sampling techniques, with
the Wilcoxon test. The population of 82 patients, divided into 2 treatment groups,

namely 41 patients with Benson relaxation techniques and 41 patients with five-
finger grip therapy. The negative ranks value on the Mean Rank is 9.50 and the

Sum Rank is 171.00. There was a decrease in score from Pre-Test to Post-Test on
the Benson relaxation technique. While the negative ranks score on the Mean Rank
with a value of 16.00 and Sum Rank of 496.00. There was a decrease in scores
from Pre-Test to Post-Test in the five-finger grip technique. Benson relaxation and
the five-finger grip technique are methods that can reduce anxiety, have no side
effects, are cost-effective, affordable and easy to apply in society.
Keywords: anxiety; benson relaxation technique; five digits technique; pre
operation