Surah Al-Ikhlas Therapy in Dealing with Stress of Al-Amien Prenduan Santri in the Covid-19 Period

Virus Infection Corona virus infection is called COVID-19. This virus spreads very quickly and has spread to almost all countries, including Indonesia.T he government implemented the policy of Enforcing Community Activity Restrictions to suppress the spread of this virus. Al-AmienPrenduan Islamic Boarding School is the largest Islamic boarding school on the island of Madura with santri from various regions in Indonesia. Following the spike in COVID-19 cases in a number of areas, the leaders of the Al-AmienPrenduan Islamic boarding school established a number of policies aimed at limiting the mobility and interaction of students. The prohibition of direct contact between students and their guardians causes stress levels for students, especially high levels of stress experienced by new students who are still learning to live far away from their guardians. This is done to reduce the rate of spread of the COVID-19 virus. In this study, the method used was the Pre-Experimental method with the One Group Pretest Posttest design. There are 40 students as a sample, the data collection technique uses the Simple Random Sampling technique. Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test was used in this study, while data were taken using the DASS questionnaire sheet. The results showed by the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test that 40% of students experienced moderate stress before being given treatment, and 75% of students experienced mild stress after being given treatment. This means that Surah Al-Ikhlas therapy can reduce the stress of students during the Covid-19 pandemic.