The Effectiveness of Olive Oil to Prevent Sore Nipple on the Breastfeeding Mother
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.176How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Olive Oil, Nipple, Breastfeeding
- Abstract
The coverage data of exclusive breastfeeding in the world was 39% and it was estimated to be 36% in poor and developing countries. Many women didn’t give exclusive breastfeeding because of sore or blister on their nipples. The incidence of sore nipples was 11-96% of all breastfeeding mothers in the world. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of olive oil to prevent the sore nipples on breastfeeding mother. This study used a quasi-experimental post-test only non-equivalent control group design to see the differences of the effectiveness of olive oil to prevent the sore nipples by smear on the intervention group nipple. The smear frequency was twice a day for 10 days. This study was conducted on June - September 2019 in Kudus. The population of this study was all breastfeeding mothers in Kudus. The intervention and control group consist of 15 respondent. The sampling technique use consecutive sampling. The data collection use observation sheets. The data analysis use the Mann Withney test. Result: 13.3% of 15 respondents on intervention group got sore nipple. On the control group, there were 53.3% of 15 respondents got sore nipple. The p value of Mann Whitney analysis result was 0.022. It is lower than alpha (0.05). It shows that the application of olive oil on the nipples of breastfeeding mothers was effective to prevent the sore nipple. Conclusion: olive oil can prevent the sore nipple on the breastfeeding mother.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Ika Tristanti AU - Shinta Dwi Kurnia AU - Lailatul Farikhah PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/08 TI - The Effectiveness of Olive Oil to Prevent Sore Nipple on the Breastfeeding Mother BT - Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 784 EP - 788 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210304.176 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.176 ID - Tristanti2021 ER -