EFEKTIFITAS PIJAT OKSITOSIN TERHADAP KELANCARAN ASI DAN PENURUNAN KECEMASAN PADA IBU POST PARTUM DI RS AISYIYAH BOJONEGORO DAN RS DR. SAIFUL ANWAR MALANG PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR

Background: The post-partum period is a vulnerable period for mothers, because mothers will experience physiological and psychological adaptations such as feelings of anxiety which will cause delays in the mechanism of decreasing breast milk production. One non-pharmacological intervention to increase the smoothing of breast milk and reduce anxiety in post partum mothers is oxytotic massage. The aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of oxytocin massage on smoothing of breast milk and reducing anxiety in post partum mothers at Aisyiyah Bojonegoro Hospital and dr. Saiful Anwar Malang Hospital, East Java Province.
Method: This research is a research with pretest-posttest only one group. The research sample was 15 post-partum mothers. The collected data was analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with an alpha value of 0.05.
Results: The results of this study show that the majority of respondents (post-partum mothers) had smooth of breast milk in the "not smooth" category with a mean value of 7 before giving oxytocin massage and after that the majority of respondents had smoothing of breast milk production in the "smooth" category with a value of mean of 9; almost half of the respondents (post-partum mothers) had anxiety in the "mild" category with a mean value of 15 before giving oxytocin massage and after thatt the majority of respondents "did not experience anxiety" with a mean of 10; and oxytocin massage is significantly effective in post-partum maternal breast milk production (P-value = 0.001) and reducing post-partum maternal anxiety (P-value = 0.001).
Conclusion: Oxytocin massage is effective in increasing the smoothing of breast milk and reducing the anxiety experienced by post partum mothers.
Suggestion: Hospitals should improve the quality of service for post partum mothers who experience smooth breastfeeding in the categories of "not smooth" and "decreased anxiety".By providing therapy or oxytocin massage intervention, these two nursing problems can be resolved. Because based on this research, oxytocin massage intervention can effectively increase breast milk production and reduce anxiety significantly.