ABSTRACT 

Anxiety is an emotional disorder characterized by excessive worry, tension, and psychophysiological discomfort, often associated with the perception of threat to oneself. Anxiety has become the focus of study in the relationship between mental conditions and symptoms due to the bidirectional connection between the brain that influences the response of Gastritis to continuous stress stimuli. The research method used in this study is a quasi-experimental study, an experimental design conducted without randomization, but involving the placement of participants into groups. The quasi-experimental approach design used is a two-group pretest–posttest design. This research design is to determine the effect of Stress Management Education (EMAS) on anxiety and stress in gastritis patients. From the results of the Bivariate test using From the Mann-Whitney U Test results table to compare between groups (Intervention and Control) in the Anxiety and Stress post-test. The following is a detailed interpretation: U = 0.000 indicates that there is no overlap in scores between the intervention and control groups. All post-test scores of the intervention group are lower (anxiety and stress) than the control. Z ≈ -5.3 the magnitude of the difference between groups is very large, the negative direction indicates the intervention group is lower than the control. p < 0.001 the difference is very statistically significant. There is an effect of stress management education on anxiety and stress in gastritis respondents. 

KEYWORDS

Stress Management Education, Anxiety and Stress, Gastritis

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Cite this article

Menezes, G. J. G., Chanif, Hartiti, T., Masrukhi, & Armiyati, Y. (2026). The Effect of Stress Management Education (Emas) on Anxiety and Stress in Gastritis Patients at the Regional Hospital Eduardo Ximenes (Horex) Baucau, Timor-Leste. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH & MEDICAL RESEARCH, 5(3), 260-266. https://doi.org/10.58806/ijhmr.2026.v5i3n15