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The Effect of Murrotal Al Quran on Stress Level During
Anatomy Identification Examination
An Experimental Study on Faculty of Medicine Sultan Agung Islamic University Students
Semarang, Middle Jawa, Indonesia
Abshor, Istadi*, Milla
2nd Turkey-Arab Congress on Higher
Education 28 April 2016
Background
• Students of faculty of medicine have high
stress level or full of stress (Mahajan, 2010)
• They get experiencing stress before
examination and during examination
(Hashmat, 2008)
• Negatif effect of stress can cause student can’t
study well. It’s potential to decrease their
performa in academic (Rice, 1993; Hutabarat,
2009)
Background
• Music therapy can lower
stress and making person
feel relaxed, secured and
calm (Djohan, 2006)
• Application of Music
therapy in education is still
rare, especially murottal al
Qur’an
Aims of Study
• To find out the effect of
murottal Al qur’an towards
students stress level
• To measure level of stress
among control group and
treatment group
Methods
• Post test only control group design,
Stratified Random sampling on
undergraduate medical students of
Unissula Medical College, Semarang
batch 2014 who are taking anatomy
identification examination in
cardiovasculer system. Total of 248
students. Minimum sample of 60
students on each group
• Group divided into two (group 1=
Murottal, group 2= control)
• Each group= 60 students (14 men and
46 women)
Methods
• Instrument for murottal Alqur’an
– MP 3. Surah Ar-Rahman read by Sheikh Ahmad
Saud.
– It was play twice time in one session of
identification anatomy
Methods
• Instrument for stress:
– Perceived stress was assessed using Visual
Analogue Scale (VAS).
– Kidson et al.,1982 ;Thomas CS et al., 1993 ;
Hasmat et al., 2008)
Methods
Level of Stress
• 0 = no stress,
• 1-3 = mild stress,
• 4-6 = moderate stress
• 7-10 = severe stress
Methods
• Questioner for exclusion criteria:
– Have a history of legal problems.
– Have history of use of sedatives
– Have problem in the family ( parents divorced,
parents die)
– Have problem with friends.
– Not comfortable with the neighborhood now
– Have complaints or diseases that cause stress
– Had problems in economic and financial
Methods
• An analysis of data was conducted with SPSS
version 13. The Data was analysed with Mann
Whitney Test.
Results
19
NO STRES
0
0
4
6
19
Group 2
35
Group 1 (Murottal)
37
LEVEL OF STRESS
MİLD STRESS
MODERATE STRES
SEVERE STRESS
Results
Discussion
• This study is in line with Al Qadhi’s research.
His research showed that listening to the Al
Qur’an has effect in reducing level of stress
(Faradisi, 2012) and
• Awa (2012) who investigate the effect of
murottal Al Qur’an on decrease heart rate .
Discussion
Limitation of
the study
• unable to identified the
stress level before the
anatomy identification
examination (post test only
design)and the effectiveness
of the Murrotal Quran were
not measured for pre
examination.
• VAS was the only instrument
used, so the symptoms of
stress were unassessed
because VAS only measure
stress level subjectively.
Conclusion
• There was effect of Murrotal Al Quran on
Stress Level during Anatomy Identification
Examination.
Take Home Message
• Listening murottal Al Qur’an may be a useful
intervention to mitigate the negative effects of
stress among medical students during
anatomy identification examination.
• For the next research, to investigate the
effectiveness of the Murottal Al Qu’ran using
objective measured (DASS 42)
Documentation
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