Proceedings of the 2022 ‘AISYIYAH International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (A-HMS 2022)

Effect of Touching Therapy by Midwives on Labor Pain

Authors
Nuli Nuryanti Zulala1, *, Fayakun Nur Rohmah1
1Faculty of Health, Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: nuli.zulala@unisayogya.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Nuli Nuryanti Zulala
Available Online 27 July 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-190-6_33How to use a DOI?
Keywords
labor; Touching therapy
Abstract

Introduction: Childbirth is an event that changes the life and upbringing of women that affects both physically and psychologically in the short and long term. The anxiety score is increased then labor pain also increases. One of the practices used in lowering anxiety is touching therapy by midwives. The purpose of the study: researchers wanted to know the effect of touching therapy on labor pain. Research Methods: observational analytical research with a cohort approach. The sampling technique used consecutive sampling of 41 maternity mothers at one of the midwife clinics in Sleman Yogyakarta. Inclusion criteria: maternity mother, willing to be a respondent, no labor difficulties, sign informed consent. Exclusion criteria: mothers who get the augmentation of childbirth. Results: showing the difference in the average pain intensity score before and after therapy touching is 7.53 and 4.87 and the statistic test using the Wilcoxon test shows p value = 0.000. Conclusion: Touching Therapy Affects the Decrease in Pain Intensity in Maternity Mothers.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 ‘AISYIYAH International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (A-HMS 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
27 July 2023
ISBN
978-94-6463-190-6
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-190-6_33How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Fayakun Nur Rohmah
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