Background: Breast engorgement is a condition where the breast becomes firm, diffuse, painful overfilling due to infrequent or ineffective removal of milk from the breasts. Engorgement usually begins around days 3 to 7 during the postpartum period when the breast milk starts to come out. Breast engorgement tends to experience by Primiparous patients. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effects of Aloe vera gel compression on reducing breast engorgement pain on breastfeeding mother Methods: This was an experimental study with one group pretest-posttest. The analysis was performed in a Private midwifery Practice in Sarolangun. The sample of this study was twelve postpartum women who experienced breast engorgement. The intervention of this study was using aloe vera gel, as external usage with 10 mg for every square centimeter. The pain scale was measured twice, before and after the intervention. Pain scale measurement was using NRS ( Numeric Rating Scale) Results: paired T-test results p-value of 0.002 < 0.05 indicates that aloe vera compression brings positive impact on reducing breast engorgement pain scale in postpartum women Conclusion: Aloe vera compression can relieve pain associated with breast engorgement. Therefore, this intervention may be suggested to postnatal mothers for managing breast engorgement.
Setiap hari diperkirakan 800 orang perempuan yang meninggal disebabkan kasus komplikasi kehamilan dan persalinan. Hampir semua kematian pada ibu ini disebabkan oleh penyebab yang seharusnya dapat dicegah jika tenaga kesehatan bisa mendeteksi dan melakukan penatalaksanaan komplikasi dengan tepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menilai efekrtivitas peningkatan pengetahuan kader kesehatan ibu dan anak tentang deteksi dini komplikasi kehamilan yang dilakukan melalui aplikasi Midwfery Earty Detection Of Complication For Pregnant Women di Puskesmas di Wilayah Kerja Dinas Kesehahatan Koto padang. Desain penelitian ini adalah pra eksperiment pre test dan post test menggunakan rancangan one group pre test post test. Sampel yang diambil dalam penelitian ini adalah 17 orang Kader kesehatan yang didapatkan melalui teknik cluster random sampling. Pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan kusioner, waktu penelitian dilakukan pada tanggal 20 agustus 2019 s/d 8 september 2019, kemudian analisis dengan menggunakan t-test dependent (paired sample t-test). Â Pada uji T-Test didapatkan hasil bahwa p=0,000, dimana p0,05. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa adanya pengaruh aplikasi Midwifery Early Detection of Complication for Pregnant Women (MEDCO) terhadap pengetahuan kader kesehatan di Puskesmas-Puskesmas Wilayah Kerja Dinas Kesehatan Kota Padang. Aplikasi Midwifery Early Detection of Complication for Pregnant Women Merupakan salah satu tools yang digunakan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan kader sehingga diharapkan meningkatkan peran kader. Diharapkan tenaga kesehatan dapat mensosialisasikan pemenafaatan MEDCO
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