The Relationship Between Mothers Knowledge of Kneading Massage Techniques and Compliance with Kneading Massage Techniques to Reduce Labor Pain During Active Phase 1 at PMB Yeanny Herlinda Pontianak

Telly Katharina, Apriliana Pipin, Trivina

Abstract

One non-pharmacological massage technique that can reduce pain and can be performed by midwives is the kneading technique. This technique is a massage with moderate pressure using long movements, and squeezing the superficial layers of muscle tissue with your fingers. Kneading is useful for helping reduce pain in certain areas and increasing blood circulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between maternal knowledge about the kneading massage technique and compliance with the kneading massage technique to reduce labor pain in the first active phase. The type of research used was descriptive correlation research with a survey approach. This study used the Nonprobability Sampling sampling technique. The sample size in this study was 51 respondents.
The analysis test used was Kendall Tau-b using the statistical product service solution program. The results of the study explained that mothers who had good knowledge with high compliance (31%), mothers who had sufficient knowledge with moderate compliance (27%), and mothers who had less knowledge with low compliance (14%). The results obtained P value = 0.000 <α = 0.05, the correlation coefficient value of 0.677 means that there is a strong relationship between maternal knowledge about kneading massage techniques and compliance with performing kneading massage techniques to reduce labor pain during the first active phase at PMB Yeanny Herlinda Pontianak in 2024. It is recommended for health service facilities that kneading techniques can be developed or applied as an alternative non-pharmacological management in midwifery care for mothers in labor.