Family anxiety is one phenomenon commonly found in ICU due to visit restrictions. The anxiety has affected family's decision-making regarding patient care, which was not maximized. Murottal therapy and natural music therapy are effective audio therapies to reduce anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine comparison of murottal therapy with natural sound music therapy on anxiety of patients' families in ICU RSUD Ulin Banjarmasin. Quasi-Experiment pretest-posttest research design used consecutive sampling technique on 30 patient families in ICU used HARS questionnaire. Bivariate analysis used Independent T-test to compared anxiety in both therapy groups. Data analysis showed sig value. 0.191 (p>0.05) thus H0 failed to be rejected, indicating there is no difference between murottal therapy and natural sound music therapy on anxiety levels of patient families in ICU Ulin Hospital Banjarmasin. Both treatments can reduce anxiety scores in patients' families thus can be applied as an anxiety therapy. Keywords: ICU, murottal, nature sound music, anxiety, family.
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