PENGARUH PIJAT OKSITOSIN TERHADAP PERUBAHAN KECEMASAN PADA IBU MENYUSUI DI KELURAHAN MERJOSARI KECAMATAN LOWOKWARU MALANG
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- Background: Anxiety in breastfeeding mother caused by the transition when at process of women becomed a parent happened, there is huge self adjusment between the women relation with another people. Oxytocin massage is one of non farmacology therapies that often used to reduce anxiety. Oxytocin massage is a massage on the backbone (vertebrae) area until the 5th and 6th costae. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of oxytocin massage on anxiety changes in breastfeeding mother. Methods: this study used a pre-eksperimental One-Group pre-post test design test. The sample of this study was 15 breastfeeding mother taken by quota sampling technique. Zung Self-Rating Anxiety scale (ZSAS) was used as an instrument to measure the anxiety level. Wilcoxon test with significancy level α=0,05 was used to analyze the data. Wilcoxon test criteria which means H1 is accepted if Sig. (2-talled) ≤ α. Result: Based on Wilcoxon test using SPSS 16, z= -3.477 with significancy level 0,001 (p ≤ 0,05). Sig. (2-tilled) ≤ α, which means H1 is accepted. We can conclude that there is the effect of oxytocin massage on anxiety changes in breastfeeding mother. Discussion:. Oxytocin massage resulting in comfort, calm, and relax feels that can stimulates oxytoxin hormone release with the purpose to reduce the anxiety