@thesis{thesis, author={Elya Tsulma}, title ={PENGARUH KOMBINASI SENAM TERA DAN SQUARE STEPPING EXERCISE TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KUALITAS TIDUR PADA LANSIA DI KOMUNITAS SASANA LANSIA ARJOSARI}, year={2022}, url={https://eprints.umm.ac.id/97424/}, abstract={Background: Elderly is a period of life marked by changes and decreases in body functions, organs and systems that can cause problems in the elderly, one of which is sleep disorders. Sleep quality is a state of sleep that a person lives and produces freshness and fitness when awake. Sleep quality includes various aspects, such as sleep duration, sleep latency, disturbance, as well as subjective aspects of sleep. The prevalence of sleep quality in Indonesia in 2015 reached 27%.Tera gymnastics and square stepping exercise are combined because both exercises can improve the parasympathetic system which can improve sleep quality in the elderly. Objecitive: to determine the effect of the combination of tera exercise and square stepping exercise on improving sleep quality in the elderly in the Arjosari elderly gym community. Method: This study uses a pre-experimental design with a one-group pre-test post-test design. Using purposive sampling technique with samples obtained based on inclusion and exclusion criteria as many as 35 samples. Measurements before and after the intervention used the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Result: Based on the results, it was found that there was an increase in sleep quality with an average of 4.23 (86%) in the elderly. The Wilcoxon test showed a p-value of 0.000 <0.05, for the effect of the combination of tera gymnastics and square stepping exercise on the quality of sleep in the elderly in the Arjosari elderly gym community. Conclution: There is an effect of a combination of tera gymnastics and square stepping exercise on improving sleep quality in the elderly in the Arjosari elderly gym community.This can happen because giving a combination of interventions can make the body relax, the elderly feel happy, the mind is fresh, and sleep more soundly so that the disturbance of sleep patterns is reduced.} }