Pelatihan relaksasi easybirthing untuk menurunkan kecemasan persalinan pada ibu hamil pertama trimester III

NINGRUM, Yulia Wahyu, Drs. Surbani, MA., D.Psi

2009 | Tesis | S2 Magister Profesi Psikologi

Ibu hamil yang akan menjalani proses persalinan dengan kecemasan yang tinggi dapat membuat proses persalinan menjadi sulit dan menyakitkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelatihan relaksasi easybirthing untuk menurunkan kecemasan persalinan pada Ibu hamil pertama trimester ke tiga. Subjek berjumlah 10 orang ibu hamil yang terbagi ke dalam kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol. Karakteristik subjek adalah ibu hamil pertama trimester III, telah menikah sebelum hamil, berusia 20-35 tahun, minimal pendidikan SMU, dan mengalami kecemasan sedang hingga tinggi yang di pilih berdasarkan skala kecemasan menghadapi Persalinan Pertama. Instrumen pengukuran menggunakan Skala Kecemasan menghadapi Persalinan Pertama yang dibuat Wulandari (2003), observasi dan wawancara. Desain penelitian adalah randomized pretest-posttest control group design. Hasil analisis data dengan menggunakan independent sample t-test, menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan antara kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol pada pengukuran gain score (selisih pre-test dan post - test) dengan t = -5,492 dan p = 0,001 (p < 0,05). Berdasarkan hasil analisis tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelatihan relaksasi efektif dalam menurunkan kecemasan persalinan ibu hamil pertama trimester III.

The pregnant women who will be delivered of a baby with a high anxiety can make the delivery process more difficult process and painful. The aim of this research was to know the effect of easybirthing relaxation training to reduce the anxiety of childbirth in the third trimester of pregnancy. Samples consisted of 10 pregnant women that were divided into experimental and control groups. The characteristics of the subject were pregnant women in the third trimester of the first pregnancy. Attained the age of 20 – 35 years, had been married before the pregnancy, minimal had senior high school bac ground and experienced moderate to severe anxiety who was chosen based on anxiety in facing the first childbirth scale. The instruments used were anxiety in facing the first childbirth scale, that was made by Wulandari (2003), observations, and interviews. The method of the experiment was randomized pretest–postest control group design. Data that were analyzed by independent sample t-test , showed that there were differences between experimental and control groups in the gain scores (the gain scores between pre-test and post-test) the indicated by t = - 5,492 and p = 0,001 (p < 0,05). According to that analysis result, it can be concluded that easybirthing training effective to reduce the anxiety of the childbirth in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Kata Kunci : Pelatihan relaksasi easybirthing,Kecemasan,Persalinan pertama, easybirthing relaxation training, anxiety, first childbirth.