The effect of autonomous sensory meridian response stimulation on sleep quality

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Event Abstract Back to Event The effect of autonomous sensory meridian response stimulation on sleep quality Sari S. Febriani1, Hardian Hardian1* and Tanjung A. Sumekar1 1 Diponegoro University, Indonesia Background Sleep is time for brain to recover of biochemistry and physiologic function of the brain after standby during day time. Stress may cause sleeping disturbance and reduce sleep quality. Stimulus Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) can create a feeling of relaxation and comfort that helps one to fall asleep. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of ASMR on sleep quality. Methods Study subjects were undergraduate students of Medical Faculty Diponegoro University academic year 2017 (n=30). Subjects were randomly allocated into two groups. Group I was given ASMR stimulation (n = 15) and group 2 was not given any treatment (n = 15). ASMR stimulation was delivered by watching a 15 minutes of ASMR video from a laptop before going to sleep at night. The stimulation were given for 7 consecutive days. Sleep quality was measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire. Measurements are made before receiving the stimulus and after receiving the stimulus. Data was analysed using Mann Whitney test and Wilcoxon test. Results In Group I, PSQI score before ASMR stimulation was 7.0 ± 1.69 and after was significantly reduced to 3.9 ± 0.9 (p<0.001). In Group II, before was 6.7 ± 1.45 and after was increased to 6.8 ± 1.61(p=0.6). PSQI score before of Group I was not significantly different than group II (p=0.6). PSQI score after of Group I was significantly lower than Group II (p<0.001) Conclusion: ASMR stimulation can improve sleep quality. Keywords: ASMR, Sleep, nervous, video, PSQI (Pitzburg Sleep Quality Index) Conference: International Conference on Drug Discovery and Translational Medicine 2018 (ICDDTM '18) “Seizing Opportunities and Addressing Challenges of Precision Medicine”, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 3 Dec - 5 Feb, 2019. Presentation Type: Oral Presentation Topic: Miscellaneous Citation: Febriani SS, Hardian H and Sumekar TA (2019). The effect of autonomous sensory meridian response stimulation on sleep quality. Front. Pharmacol. Conference Abstract: International Conference on Drug Discovery and Translational Medicine 2018 (ICDDTM '18) “Seizing Opportunities and Addressing Challenges of Precision Medicine”. doi: 10.3389/conf.fphar.2018.63.00141 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 29 Nov 2018; Published Online: 17 Jan 2019. * Correspondence: Dr. Hardian Hardian, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Central Java, 50275, Indonesia, dokterhardian@gmail.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Sari S Febriani Hardian Hardian Tanjung A Sumekar Google Sari S Febriani Hardian Hardian Tanjung A Sumekar Google Scholar Sari S Febriani Hardian Hardian Tanjung A Sumekar PubMed Sari S Febriani Hardian Hardian Tanjung A Sumekar Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.