EFEKTIVITAS PEMBERIAN METODE BIRTH BALL TERHADAP INTENSITAS NYERI PERSALINAN KALA I FASE AKTIF DI BPM ROKAN HULU

Abstract

Childbirth is a natural process. Physiologically, in labor, there will be contractions that
cause cervical thinning and opening. Labor pain is a physiological part of the labor process
with a different pain intensity for each individual. Many methods are used to reduce pain
during childbirth, one of which is by using the birth ball method. Birth ball is a method of
using a rubber ball filled with air which is used to reduce back pain during pregnancy and
childbirth. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the birth ball method, which is
one of the non-pharmacological methods in reducing the pain of labor during the first stage
of the active phase in BPM Rokan Hulu. To compare the intensity of labor pain before and
after the birth ball method was given. The sample of this research was 31 women who gave
birth, obtained by simple random sampling technique. Bivariate analysis was performed
using the t-dependent test. The results showed that the average labor pain among
respondents before being given birth ball exercises was 0.259 times higher than that after
exercise with a p-value of 0.00. There is a significant effect on the intensity of labor pain
during the active phase of the first stage after being given a birth ball training with before
being given a birth ball exercise. The intensity of the first stage labor pain in the respondents
decreased after being given birth ball exercises.