MEDICA (International Medical Scientific Journal)
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024): MEDICA (International Medical Scientific Journal)

The Effect of Oxytocin Massage on Uterine Involution in Postpartum Women in The Work Area of The Technical Implementation Unit of The Sei Pancur Community Health Center, Batam City 2023

Julikas, Nalini (Unknown)
Selvia, Anisya (Unknown)
Sari, Desi Pramitha (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2024

Abstract

One of the complications of mother partum is the involution process that does not go well, called sub-involution which will cause bleeding and maternal death. One of the efforts that can be used is oxytocin massage. Oxytocin massage is done to stimulate the oxytocin reflex, stimulate uterine contractions, and accelerate uterine involution. This study aims to analyze the effect of oxytocin massage on uterine involution in postpartum mothers in the work area of the Technical Implementation Unit of the Sei Pancur Community Health Center in 2023. This type of research uses Pre-Experimental with One Group Pretest Posttest Design. The research sample amounted to 15 mothers, using an accidental sampling technique. The independent variable is oxytocin massage and the dependent variable is uterine involution. The instruments in this study were operational standards and observation sheets. The results of this study showed that uterine involution before giving oxytocin massage all experienced abnormal uterine involution 15 (100%), after giving oxytocin massage obtained normal involution 11 (73.3%) and abnormal 4 (26.6%). The Wilcoxon statistical test shows that the significant value of p-value = 0.001 < α (0.05) so there is a conclusion that there is an effect of oxytocin massage on uterine involution in postpartum mothers in the work area of the Technical Implementation Unit of the Sei Pancur Community Health Center, Batam City Year 2023.

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medica

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Chemistry Dentistry Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health Veterinary

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MEDICA (International Medical Scientific Journal), with registered number ISSN 2622-6596 (Print), 2622-660X (Online) is an Open Access and peer-reviewed journal presenting timely research on all aspects of health that other media have not published. Managed by the Borneo Scientific Publishing, ...