PENGARUH PIJAT EFFLEURAGE PADA KALA I TERHADAP NYERI PADA PERSALINAN

Abstract

Effleurage massage is a non-pharmacological method of reducing pain in the active phase of the first stage of labor, if done correctly at each contraction with a massage technique in the form of gentle, slow and long or continuous strokes. This type of research is a Quasi Experiment with a pretest – posttest group design. The population taken was 20 mothers in the first stage of labor. The sample used was 15 people using a purposive technique. The research location is BPM in Padang Panjang, research time is December 2024. Data analysis used is univariate and bivariate using the Wilcoxon test. The research results showed that the average comfort score for mothers facing the first stage before effleurage massage was 36.75, the average pain score for mothers facing the first stage before effleurage massage was 6.4 with a standard deviation of 0.63. The average mother's pain score in the first stage after effleurage massage was 4.26 with a standard deviation of 0.88. The results of the statistical test obtained a p-value of 0.001 < 0.05 (Ho was rejected), meaning that there was an effect of effleurage massage in the first stage on pain during labor. Conclusion: So it can be concluded that effleurage massage in the first stage had an effect on the mother's pain during labor