Hubungan Pijat Bayi Dengan Ikterus Fisiologis Pada Bayi Usia 3-7 Hari

Abstract

 Jaundice can occur in any baby, eitherbecause of the lack of touch or massage so baby islazy to breastfed making the liver ability to processbilirubin decreased and eventually happenedjaundice. Based on the results of preliminary
studies in BPS Ayu, from 10 infants aged 3-7days showed 3 babies (30%) did not havephysiological jaundice and 7 infants (70%) hadphysiological jaundice. The purpose of the studywas to analyze the correlation between babymassage with physiological jaundice in infants aged3-7 days at BPS Ayu Surabaya.This study uses ananalytical correlation method with cross-sectional
approach Collecting data using observation sheets,the data taken on all populations of infants aged 37

days at BPS Ayu Pakal Surabaya by 40respondents and samples taken 36 respondents.The results were analyzed using frequencydistributions using cross tabulation test and Lambda.The results showed that, most of who are massagedwell were 19 respondents (52.8%), most of who arenot jaundiced were 21 respondents (58.3%). Theanalysis Lambda shows that the results of ρ valuewas p value (0.002) <α (0.05) so that Ho is rejected,
which means there is correlation between babymassage with pphysiological jaundice in infantsaged 3-7 days at BPS Ayu Surabaya. Expected tomidwifes, or health professionals give advice to
mothers on the prevention and treatment theincident of jaundice, one of them is by teachingthe proper baby massage technique.