Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2019, Volume : 10, Issue : 4
First page : ( 893) Last page : ( 898)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00819.2

Influence of Oxytocin Massage toward Oxytocin Concentration Chenage among Mothers in Siti Khadijah I Maternity Hospital, Makassar

Subriani St.¹, Nasrudin A.M¹, Idris Irfan¹

¹Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, 90245. Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia

Online published on 30 April, 2019.

Abstract

The study aimed to determine influence of oxytocin massage toward oxytocin concentration changes among mothers in Maternity Hospital of Siti Khadijah I, Makassar. The study was used a quasi-experimental research design to determine influence of oxytocin massage (independence variable) toward oxytocin concentration changes (dependence variable) among mothers. The study was conducted from March 2016 to May 2016 at Maternity Hospital of Siti Khadijah I, Makassar. The study population were primipara mothers at Maternity Hospital of Siti Khadijah I, Makassar. The sample sizes were 60 respondents (30 respondents were in control group and 30 respondents were in intervention group). The samples were obtained by using purposive sampling techniques. The univariate analysis is represented in the frequency distribution for respondent characteristics. The bivariate analysis had used Mann Whitney U test to compare the oxytocin concentration changes among mothers who had received oxytocin massage and without oxytocin massage. The statistical test in the oxytocin concentration among others with oxytocin massage and mothers without oxytocin in massage was p=0.175 in the latent phase and active phase (p=0.602).

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Keywords

Active phase, Latent phase, Oxytocin hormone, Postpartum mothers.

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