<![CDATA[Childbirth is the process of expelling the product of conception that has reached term or can live outside the womb. One of the factors that influences the course of labor is labor pain. The pain that occurs during labor is caused by uterine contractions that will gradually push the baby out of the uterus little by little. One action to reduce pain is non-pharmacological therapy. Massage therapy is one of the non-pharmacological therapies that can reduce pain in mothers giving birth in the first stage of the latent and active phases, massage will reduce muscle tension and pain. The study was conducted on February 10-23, 2025 with a descriptive quantitative approach. The instrument used was a questionnaire to assess the level of maternal knowledge regarding reducing contraction pain during labor. A total of 20 respondents of mothers giving birth were mostly in the age range of 28-33 years as many as 9 people (45.0%), the majority of gestational age was at 37 weeks as many as 15 people (75.0%), the majority of parity with the number of first children was 16 people (80.0%), the majority of high school education was 16 people (80.0%), and the majority of laborers were 10 people (50.0%). The results of the assessment of the level of knowledge of mothers giving birth were in the low category (65.0%) before education was provided and in the high category (80.0%) after education was provided. These data indicate that the Massage Effleurage education program has proven effective and feasible to be implemented sustainably as part of efforts to improve the quality of health services for pregnant and postpartum mothers. This education not only has an impact on increasing knowledge, but can also be practiced directly by the patient's family to reduce pain in mothers giving birth. Abstrak Persalinanan adalah proses pengeluaran hasil konsepsi yang telah cukup bulan atau dapat hidup di luar kandungan. Salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi jalannya persalinan adalah nyeri persalinan. Rasa nyeri yang ditimbulkan saat menghadapi persalinan disebabkan karena kontraksi uterus yang akan mendorong bayi keluar dari dalam uterus secara bertahap sedikit demi sedikit. Suatu tindakan untuk mengurangi rasa nyeri yaitu dengan terapi nonfarmakologi. Terapi massage merupakan salah satu terapi non farmakologi yang dapat menurunkan nyeri pada ibu bersalin kala I fase laten dan aktif, massage akan mengurangi ketegangan otot dan rasa sakit. Penelitian dilakukan pada tanggal 10-23 Februari 2025 dengan metode pendekatan kuantitatif deskriptif. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner untuk menilai tingkat pengetahuan ibu terhadap pengurangan rasa nyeri kontraksi saat persalinan. Sebanyak 20 responden ibu bersalin mayoritas berada pada rentang usia 28–33 tahun sebanyak 9 orang (45.0%), mayoritas usia kehamilan berada pada usia 37 minggu sebanyak 15 orang (75.0%), mayoritas paritas dengan jumalah anak pertama berjumlah 16 orang (80.0%), mayoritas pendidikan SMA sebanyak 16 orang (80.0%), dan mayoritas pekerjaaan buruh sejumlah 10 orang (50.0%). Hasil penilaian tingkat pengetahuan ibu bersalian berada pada kategori rendah (65.0%) sebelum pemberian edukasi dan dalam kategori tinggi (80.0%) setelah pemberian edukasi. Data ini menunjukkan bahwa Program edukasi Massage Effleurage terbukti efektif dan layak untuk diimplementasikan secara berkelanjutan sebagain bagian dari upaya peningkatan kualitas pelayanan kesehatan ibu hamil dan bersalain. Edukasi ini tidak hanya berdampak pada peningkatan pengetahuan, namun juga dapat di praktikan langsung oleh kelurga ppasien untuk mengurangi nyeri pada ibu bersalin.]]>
