Effectiveness of Aromatherapy for the Fulfillment of Sleep Quantity of Cancer Patients in West Nusa Tenggara Provincial General Hospital

The sleeping patterns of cancer patients can be interrupted due to physical illness due to cancer, pain, side effects of drugs or other cancer therapies so that it can affect the quality of life, immune system, and cognitive ability of the patient.   The effort to overcome the lack of sleep needs is with aromatherapy as it can increase alpha waves thereby making the body more relaxed.  The purpose of this research is to analyze aromatherapy administration on the fulfillment of sleep quantity in cancer patients. This study used a quasy experiment design with control group. Sampling by purposive sampling amounted to 30 respondents. The independent variable is aromatherapy with 3 variants of pappermint, green tea and lavender and the dependent variable is the quantity of sleep of cancer patients. Data analysis using Wilcoxon Test. Aromatherapy Statistical test Results P = 0.001 value and control group P = 0.008. Aromatherapy delivery provides better sleep effect than patient control because aromatherapy can activate neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus and regulate neuroreseptor in the immune system, change in mood, reduce anxiety and reduce stress thereby causing the body to be relaxed and the need to sleep cancer patients fulfilled. Aromatherapy needs to be given to cancer patients.