Increasing Attention and Mood of Post-Stroke Clients using Natural Restorative Environment

Tri Suraning Wulandari; Muhamad Thohar Arifin; Suhartini Ismail

doi:10.5463/dcid.v30i4.856

Tri Suraning Wulandari ⁽¹⁾, Muhamad Thohar Arifin ⁽²⁾, Suhartini Ismail ⁽³⁾

(1) Master Student in Adult Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Indonesia,

(2) Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University, Indonesia,

(3) Division of Emergency and Critical Care, Department of Nursing, Faculty Of Medicine Diponegoro University, Indonesia

https://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v30i4.856

Issue
Vol. 30 No. 4 (2019): Winter 2019

Submitted
September 14, 2020

Published
May 15, 2020

Keywords:

Attention, mood, natural restorative environment, post-stroke clients

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Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this study was to analyse the impact of the natural restorative environment on the attention and mood of post-stroke clients.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design was followed, with pre- and post-tests on a control group. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select 76 post-stroke clients – 38 each for the treatment group and the control group. The treatment group received natural restorative environment intervention, twice a day for three days, while the control group was managed in accordance with the medical protocol. Before and after the intervention, clients in both groups were assessed for attention and mood.

Results: Increasing level of attention and mood was found in the intervention group, verified by p-value= 0.000.

Conclusion: Exposure to the natural restorative environment could increase the attention and improve the mood of post-stroke clients. The natural restorative environment helps in restoring the ability to focus and creates a positive mood.

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Tri Suraning Wulandari

Master Student in Adult Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University

Muhamad Thohar Arifin

Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University

thohar@gmail.com (Primary Contact)

Suhartini Ismail

Division of Emergency and Critical Care, Department of Nursing, Faculty Of Medicine Diponegoro University

Author Biographies

Tri Suraning Wulandari, Master Student in Adult Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University

Wulandari has over 5 years of experience in the nursing field. She graduated with a Masters Degree in Nursing from Diponegoro University and works in a rural hospital dealing with many stroke patients.

Muhamad Thohar Arifin, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University

Muhamad Thohar Arifin, graduated from Hiroshima University. He works as a neurosurgeon at a 1000 bed hospital. He is a specialist in stroke, movement disorder, and epilepsy surgery. He is also a lecturer at Diponegoro University.

Suhartini Ismail, Division of Emergency and Critical Care, Department of Nursing, Faculty Of Medicine Diponegoro University

Suhartini Ismail is a Ph.D. in Nursing and works on active care nursing in critical care. She also works at Diponegoro University as a lecturer and has published many articles on restorative music for treatment.

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Wulandari TS, Arifin MT, Ismail S. Increasing Attention and Mood of Post-Stroke Clients using Natural Restorative Environment. DCIDJ [Internet]. 2020 May 15 [cited 2025 Feb. 23];30(4):39-48. Available from: https://dcidj.uog.edu.et/index.php/up-j-dcbrid/article/view/338

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