PERBEDAAN PENGARUH BACK MASSAGE DAN WOOLWICH MASSAGE TERHADAP PENGELUARAN AIR SUSU IBU

Abstract

Insufficiency of breastmilk ejection can inhibit the breastfeeding process. Back massage and woolwich massage can used as non pharmachology therapy to increase breastmilk ejection because these two technique can release oxytocin and prolactin. This study aims to know the differences in effect of back massage and woolwich massage on breastmilk ejection. This study was conducted in the Harapan Raya Community Health Center in Pekanbaru by using quasy experiment, with pre and post test without control group design. The sample of this study used 34 respondents devided into 17 respondents for the back massage group and 17 respondents for the woolwich massage group, taken with purposive sampling technique. The criteria of respondent on this study is postpartum mothers who breastfed 2 until 8 weeks old infants. The back massage group and the woolwich massage group gave along 15 minutes and carried out for 3 session in a week. Measuring equipment in this study used the indicator of breastmilk ejection on the observation sheet. Univariate analysis showed 91,2% respondent are 20-35 years old, 55,9% respondent are high school graduated, and 52,9% respondent are not work. Further analysis by using Wilcoxon and Mann- Whitney test showed that there was a significant difference in effect between back massage and woolwich massage on breastmilk ejection and back massage gave a greater effect than woolwich massage on breastmilk ejection (2,00 point). Back massage and woolwich massage are recommended to be used for dealing breastmilk ejection problems.