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THE EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN MASSAGE ON THE EFFECT OF BREAST MILK IN POST PARTUM MOTHERS AT MUHAMMAD SANI KARIMUN HOSPITAL IN 2024
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https://doi.org/10.37776/zk.v15i3.1854Abstract
Oxytocin massage is done to stimulate the oxytocin reflex or let down reflex. By doing this massage, the mother will feel relaxed, so that the hormone oxytocin comes out of the breast milk quickly. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of Oxytocin Massage on the Smoothness of Breastfeeding in Post Partum Mothers at Muhammad Sani Karimun Regional Hospital 2024. This research method uses Pre-Experimental Design with shape One Group Pretest-Posttest. The sampling technique in this research was carried out using the method purposive sampling with the criteria of mother with after caesarean section. The number of samples in this study was 30 samples. The results of the normality test showed that the data distribution was not normal, so to test the effect before and after the oxytocin massage, the test was used Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The results of the study showed that there was an increase in the average score of breastfeeding fluency at the initial measurement of 2.5 and at the final measurement of 7.3 so that the difference (mean difference) of 4.8, which means that there was an increase in the average score of breastfeeding fluency after oxytocin massage. On test Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test The results obtained show that the significance of 0.000 is smaller than 0.05, so it can be stated that there is an influence of oxytocin massage on the smooth flow of breast milk in post partum mothers at Muhammad Sani Regional Hospital in 2024. It is hoped that oxytocin massage can be used as an alternative to increase breast milk production in post partum.
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2025-06-20
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