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The Effect of Massage Therapy in Overcoming Constipation in Infants Aged 7-12 Months Yulrina Ardhiyanti Ririn; Nur Israyati
Science Midwifery Vol 9 No 2 (2021): April: Science Midwifery
Publisher : Institute of Computer Science (IOCS)

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Constipation is a problem that often occurs in children and is a burden worldwide because of its increasing prevalence, the prevalence is estimated at 0.3% -8%. The prevalence of constipation in children up to 1 year of age reaches 2.9% and increases in the second year by about 10.1%. Massage as an alternative medicine is one of the constipation therapies. This study aims to determine the effect of massage therapy on constipation in infants aged 7-12 months at the Arrabih Pratama Clinic Pekanbaru. This type of research is quantitative with a Quasi Experiment design using a pretest and posttest. The population and sample of this study were babies aged 7-12 months who experienced constipation who visited the Arrabih Pratama Clinic Pekanbaru in July-December 2020, totaling 24 people. The type of data in this study is primary data, with univariate, bivariate data analysis, the hypothesis test used is the independent T test (paired sample test). The results obtained showed that there was an effect of massage therapy in overcoming constipation for infants aged 7-12 months before and after massage therapy, there was a significant difference in constipation for infants aged 7-12 months between the intervention group and the control group. It is hoped that health workers, especially midwives as providers of maternal and child health services, are expected to socialize the provision of massage therapy in dealing with children's complaints before administering pharmacological therapy.
The Effect Of Giving Sweet Potatoes Leaves (Ipomoea Batatas L.) On Breast Milk Production Cecen Suci Hakameri Hakameri; Nur Israyati
Science Midwifery Vol 10 No 2 (2022): April: Science Midwifery
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Exclusive breastfeeding contributes to reducing mortality due to infection in infants less than 3 months old, sick children, preventing LBW, stunting, reducing the risk of obesity and chronic diseases. Physiologically a mother is able to produce sufficient breast milk. But sometimes in breastfeeding there are often problems, one of which is the mother's milk production that is not smooth and comes out a little. Based on research, one of the efforts to help increase breast milk production is to consume sweet potato leaves (Ipomoea Batatas L. ) contains phytosterols. Phytosterols form laktogogum which can increase milk production. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of sweet potato leaves (Ipomoea Batatas L.) on breast milk production in post partum mothers. This type of research is Pre experimental with one group pretest posttest designs. The time of the research was carried out in January – April 2022. The location of the research was in Karya Indah Village, Tapung District, Kampar Regency. The sample in this study were 20 respondents with total sampling technique. The research instrument used an observation sheet for breast milk production. Univariate and bivariate data analysis. Univariate results showed that the average milk production before being given sweet potato leaves was less with a percentage of 75% and after being given sweet potato leaves the average milk production increased to enough with a percentage of 90%. Bivariate results using the Wilcoxon Rank Test showed that the average milk production before being given sweet potato leaves was 4.13 mL and there was an increase in breast milk production after being given sweet potato leaves, the mean value was 35.9 mL. with a mean difference of 31.7. The results of the Wilcoxon Rank Test obtained a p value of 0.000 (p <0.05). So it can be concluded that there is an effect of sweet potato leaves on breast milk production in post partum mothers in Karya Indah Village, Tapung District, Kampar Regency. It is hoped that in the future the consumption of sweet potato leaves will be introduced in the community as an alternative food to increase breast milk production.