INSAN Media Psikologi
ISSN 1411-2671 (Cetak); 2310-7945 (Online)
Vol. 8 / No. 2 / Published : 2006-08
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Original Article :
The effect of pregnant gymnastic as a prenatal care on degradation of anxiety in facing the first childbirth
Author :
- Primatia Yogi Wulandari*1
- Faculty of Psychology, Airlangga University
Abstract :
One of the important thing for pregnant women is the mental and physical health around the time of childbirth, especially for women having their first child. This research sets out to investigate the effect of pregnant gymnastic as a prenatal care on degradation of anxiety in facing the first childbirth. The research’s experimental design was pretest – posttest control group design, with sixteen subjects were involved in this research. The overall sixteen primiparous mothers were divided into two groups, ten mothers were assigned in experimental group and another six mothers were in control group. For the experiment group, the activity proceeded in six meetings, twice a week. Methods included questionnaire and discussions. Data were analyzed by Mann – Whitney U Test, also descriptive analysis of the qualitative data. The result of this research shows that there is an obvious difference between the experimental and control group in the gain score (p < 0.05).
Keyword :
pregnant gymnastic, prenatal care, anxiety and first childbirth,
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