PENGARUH AROMATERAPI LAVENDER TERHADAP KUANTITAS TIDUR IBU HAMIL TRIMESTER TIGA

Abstract

Sleep Quantity Pregnant women will be disturbed due to the older gestational age, this is due to psychological changes, the mother's physical condition including uncomfortable sleeping positions, fetal movements at night. Lack of sleep quantity of pregnant women will affect the process of labor and delivery, reduced interaction between mother and baby as well as mother and family, this also results in disturbed growth and development of the baby. Aromatherapy is a form of intervention carried out by midwives to increase sleep quantity for pregnant women in the third trimester. Lavender aromatherapy has benefits as an analgesic and sedative. The purpose of this study was to see the effect of lavender aromatherapy on the sleep quantity of third trimester pregnant women in PMB Padang City. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-post-test one group design. This research was conducted at PMB Padang city from September 2021 to January 2022. The sample in this study was the third trimester pregnant women who visited PMB nurhaida, Amd.Keb of 30 people. The bivariate data analysis technique used was the Wilcoxon signen rank test using software at the level of significance of p < 0.05. This study found that of the 30 pregnant women who were given lavender aromatherapy, 70% had an increase in the quantity of sleep with the Wilcoxon p-value test results of 0.001, namely p < 0.005. The sleep quantity of pregnant women in the third trimester can be improved with lavender aromatherapy. From 30 respondents (70%) there was a change in the quantity of sleep. Lavender aromatherapy is recommended as a solution to overcome sleep disorders in third trimester pregnant women. This research can be applied to health services as midwifery care for pregnant women.