Jurnal Kebidanan Dan Kesehatan Tradisional
Jurnal Kebidanan dan Kesehatan Tradisional Volume 7 Number 1 Year 2022

Effectiveness of Sanitary Napkins “Love Ms V” on Postpartum Mother’s Comfort and Anxiety Levels

Resta Betaliani Wirata (Faculty of Nursing Program Bethesda Yakkum Institute of Health Sciences, Yogyakarta)
Erik Adik Putra Bambang Kurniawan (Faculty of Nursing Program Bethesda Yakkum Institute of Health Sciences, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jul 2022

Abstract

Background: Sanitary napkins’s Love Ms V are sanitary napkins made from special cloth for postpartum mothers used to absorb bleeding in mothers. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of using Love Ms V sanitary napkins on the comfort and anxiety levels of postpartum mothers Methods: This research was a quasi experimental study posttest only design with control group. The participants were 70 postpartum mothers that selected by purposive sampling technique and devided into two groups: the intervention group (n=35) received sanitary napkins Love Ms V, and the control group (n=35) received disposible pads. The questionnaire of the comfort and the anxiety was used as a posttest. Mann-Whitney test were employed for data analysis. Results: The increase in comfort level and the decrease in anxiety level was better in the intervention group then that in the control group. There was also a significant difference in the comfort levels (p=0.000) and anxiety levels (p=0.003) postpartum mother between the intervention group and the control group. Conclusion: The sanitary napkins Love Ms V could be considered to use it in hospital practice for postpartum mothers to provide comfort and minimize anxiety, as well as to improve care for postpartum mothers.

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Journal Info

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jkk

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Subject

Health Professions

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