EASYBIRTHING RELAXATION TRAINING to reduce the anxiety of chilbirth in the third trimester of pregnancy

Abstract
The pregnant women who will have a process of child birth with high anxiety can make the process become more difficult and painful. The aim of this research was to know the effect of easybirthing relaxation training to reduce the anxiety of chilbirth in the third trimester of pregnancy. Samples consisted of 10 pregnant women that were divided into experimental and control groups.the characteristics of the subject were pregnant women in the third trimester of the first pregnancy. Attained the age of 20 – 35 years, had been married before the pregnancy, minimal had senior high school bacground and experienced medium to high anxiety that was chosen based on anxiety in facing the first childbirth scale. The instrument of the measuring was conducted by using the scale of anxiety to face the first childbirth, that was made by Wulandari (200), observations, and interviews. The method of the experiment was randomized pretest – postest control group design. Data that were analyzed by using Man – Whitney U test, showed that there were differences between experimental and control groups in the gain scores (the between pre-test and post-test) with U = 0,00 and p = 0,009 ( p < 0,005 ). According to that analysis result, it can be concluded that easybirthing training effective to reudce the anxiety of the chilbirth in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Key words: : easybirthing relaxation training, anxiety, first childbirth.


Pelatihan Relaksasi Easybirthing untuk Menurunkan
Kecemasan Persalinan pada Ibu Hamil Pertama Trimester III

Yulia Wahyu Ningrum1

Ibu hamil yang akan menjalani proses persalinan dengan kecemasan yang tinggi dapat membuat proses persalinan menjadi sulit dan menyakitkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelatihan relaksasi easybirthing untuk menurunkan kecemasan persalinan pada Ibu hamil pertama trimester ke tiga. Subjek berjumlah 10 orang ibu hamil yang terbagi ke dalam kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol. Karakteristik subjek adalah ibu hamil pertama trimester III, telah menikah sebelum hamil, berusia 20-35 tahun, minimal pendidikan SMU, dan mengalami kecemasan sedang hingga tinggi yang di pilih berdasarkan skala kecemasan menghadapi Persalinan Pertama. Instrumen pengukuran menggunakan Skala Kecemasan menghadapi Persalinan Pertama yang dibuat Wulandari (2003), observasi dan wawancara. Desain penelitian adalah randomized pretest-posttest control group design. Hasil analisis data dengan menggunakan Man – Whitney U tes, menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan antara kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol pada pengukuran gain score (selisih pre-test dan post - test) dengan U = 0,00 dan p = 0,009 (p < 0,05). Berdasarkan hasil analisis tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelatihan relaksasi efektif dalam menurunkan kecemasan persalinan ibu hamil pertama trimester III.

Kata kunci: pelatihan relaksasi easybirthing, kecemasan, persalinan pertama.