NURSCOPE: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pemikiran Ilmiah Keperawatan
Vol 4, No 2 (2018): Desember

OKETANI MASSAGE REDUCES CORTISOL HORMONE LEVELS AMONG BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS IN CITY OF SEMARANG

Machmudah Machmudah (Unknown)
Nikmatul Khayati (Unknown)
Sri Widodo (Unknown)
Hapsari Dwi Elsi (Unknown)
Haryanti Fitri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Dec 2018

Abstract

Introduction: A new role of a mother after giving birth is to breastfeed her baby instead of doing other household choirs. This condition will bring stress and tiredness to a mother. Oketani massage not only being useful for increasing breastmilk production but also provide comfort and a feeling of relaxation for the mother. Aim of this study was to describe cortisol levels in breastfeeding mothers who were given oketani massage therapy combine with acupressure at the GB-21 point. Methodology: This research was a quasi experiment with post test design with a control group with a sample of 20 respondents at each group. Statistical analysis using  independent T-test. Results: There was a significant difference in the levels of cortisol between control group and oketani massage combine with acupressure group (p = 0.003). Discussion: Oketani massage works well as a pain reliever, providing comfort, relaxation for the post partum mothers. This condition will reduce the level of cortisol hormone and increase blood flow to breasts.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jnm

Publisher

Subject

Nursing

Description

NURSCOPE: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pemikiran Ilmiah Keperawatan indirectly acknowledged as a work of scholarly authors in the field of nursing. Articles covering sub areas of basic nursing, adult nursing, emergency nursing, critical nursing, child nursing, maternity nursing, mental nursing, gerontik ...