Nesi Novita
Department of Midwifery, Politeknik Kesehatan, Palembang, Indonesia

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Effectiveness Prenatal Yoga on Back Pain of Pregnant Women in Third Trimester Rohaya Rohaya; Geawanty Geawanty; Nesi Novita
Journal of Maternal and Child Health Sciences (JMCHS) Vol 1 No 1 (2021): Journal of Maternal and Child Health Sciences (JMCHS)
Publisher : Poltekkes Kemenkes Palembang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (363.882 KB) | DOI: 10.36086/maternalandchild.v1i1.1058

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Background: During pregnancy, there are usually a lot of complaints or discomforts that are common. One of them is back pain that occurs in third-trimester pregnant women. One effort to deal with back pain complaints is prenatal yoga. Prenatal yoga can flex the muscles around the spine and flexibility of the body. Result: The results showed that before doing Prenatal Yoga trimester III pregnant women experienced moderate pain as many as 31 people (96.9%) while after doing Prenatal Yoga became mild pain as many as 29 people (90.6%). The statistical test used in this study is the Wilcoxon test and the significance value p = 0.00 (p> 0.05) means that there are significant differences in back pain before and after prenatal yoga. Using the result of this study, it is hoped that prenatal yoga techniques can be applied specifically to overcome complaints of back pain in third-trimester pregnant women. Method: This study uses the One Group Pre Test-Posttest design using experimental methods. The sample in this study was third-trimester pregnant women who experienced back pain with a large sample of 32 respondents. This sample was taken using the Total Sampling method and the measuring instrument used was the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is the effectiveness of prenatal yoga on back pain in trimester III pregnant women.
The Quality of Elderly Sleep Using Benson Relaxing Technique Rohaya Rohaya; Wahida Putri Rahayu; Nesi Novita
Journal of Maternal and Child Health Sciences (JMCHS) Vol 1 No 1 (2021): Journal of Maternal and Child Health Sciences (JMCHS)
Publisher : Poltekkes Kemenkes Palembang

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Background: Sleep disturbance is one of the most common complaints found in the elderly. Sleep disturbance is where a person finds it difficult to start sleep. A disturbance that commonly occurs is the length of time to sleep or the quantity of sleep that is not appropriate. In addition, ineffective sleep is related to sleep quality in the elderly. On the other hand, improving the quality of sleep in the elderly can be overcome using a non-pharmacological method that is effective and safe. One of the non-pharmacological methods that can be applied is the Benson Relaxation Technique. Purpose: This study's aim was to determine the effectiveness of Benson's relaxation techniques on the quality of sleep of the elderly in the Bhakti Kencana Elderly Integrated Service Pos Palembang City in 2020. Methods: This research is a quantitative study using a Pre-Experimental research method and a One Group Pre-Test-Postest model. The research sample is the elderly who meet the inclusion criteria amounted to 30 people. Data is analyzed by using Mc.Nemar statistical test. Results: Through bivariate analysis using Mc.Nemar test of the respondent quality of sleep before and after Benson's relaxation been given to showed that the significance of ρ value is 0,000 (p ≤ 0.05), which means there is a difference between sleep quality of respondents before and after treatment. Conclusion: it can be concluded that Benson's relaxation technique is effective in improving the quality of sleep in the elderly. The next researcher is expected to be able to add more variables in research related to sleep quality in the elderly in order to have more adequate results.