PENGARUH TEKNIK RELAKSASI AFIRMASI TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA IBU PRIMIGRAVIDA TRIMESTER III DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS PATRANG KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Pregnancy was a critical period in a mother life and caused physiological, biological and psychological changes. Psychological change was caused by mother’s anxiety, which attributed to mother’s concern of her and her baby health. Primigravid anxiety was higher than multigravid because primigravid had not had childbirthing experience, especially on 3 viii rd trimester. Affirmation relaxation technique was one of relaxation techniques that could soothe emotion and made pregnant mother was feels comfortable. This study aims to analyze The Effect of Affirmation Relaxation Technique on 3 rd Trimester Primigravid Anxiety at Patrang Public Health Center in Jember Regency. The study used pre experimental research method with one group pretest and posttest design. The population in this study were 17 respondents and the samples were 15 respondents. Sampling method was non probability sampling with total sampling approaches. Data analyzed by wilcoxon signed rank test. The results showed p value was 0,008 rd Trimester Primigravid Anxiety at Patrang Public Health Center in Jember Regency.