THE EFFECT OF EFFLEURAGE MASSAGE TECHNIQUES ON POST PARTUM AFTERPAINS IN PUSKESMAS NEGERI LAMA LABUHANBATU DISTRICT 2022

Abstract

Uterine contractions cause pain that has an impact on the application of therapy, among others,
inhibiting breastfeeding, inhibiting the bond between mother and child, feeling tired due to the
afterpains felt, disruption of rest to constant pain. which causes the risk of postpartum blues
and in infants has the impact of lack of nutritional intake so that it can inhibit the baby's growth
and development process. Method is a quasi-experimental research design and the approach is
one group pretest-posttest for normal postpartum. The research method is a quasi-experimental
done starting from December 2021-April 2022 research design, data collection techniques
using purposive sampling with a population of 35 respondents using the Slovin formula
obtained 32 samples with observation sheet. The results use data analysis by doing the
normality test of the data obtained p-value >0.05 the data is normally distributed so it can use
the paired T-Test test to determine the effect of the effleurage massage technique showed the
pretest pain level was higher than the post-test pain level, as indicated by the median value of
pre-test 6 and post-test 2.5. Pre-test, the minimum score was 3 (mild pain) and the maximum
value was 8 (severe pain). While the posttest obtained a minimum value of 0 (no pain), and a
maximum value of 5 (moderate pain). Conclusion after the statistical test with the Paired-
Sample T-Test was performed, it was obtained that value=0.000 < =0.05. Concluded that there
is an effect of the effleurage massage technique on postpartum mothers who experience
afterpains.