EFFECTIVENESS OF POSTPARTUM EXERCISE TO THE HEIGH OF THE UTERINE FUNDUS

Abstract

postpartum exercise is a motion training therapy with the aim of rehabilitating postpartum women as early as possible, both physically and mentally to normal conditions. From the preliminary study that the authors did in Pustu Kubang Pipik obtained 9 respondents the fundus height intervention group was lower than the 9 respondents in the control group who were not given postnatal exercise. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of postpartum exercise to decrease uterine fundus height in postpartum women in Kubang Pipik Pustu in 2018. This type of research is experimental quasy with a static group comparison approach. The population in this study were postpartum women in Pustu Kubang Pipik, sampling using purposive sampling technique with a sample size of 9 intervention groups and 9 control groups. The results showed that out of 9 respondents who did postpartum exercise all experienced a decrease in uterine fundus height and 9 respondents in the control group also experienced a decrease in uterine fundus height but were not significant. There were differences in the mean height of uterine fundus in the intervention group and the control group with an average difference of 1.07 cm and p-value = 0,000. It can be concluded that there is a significant influence between postpartum exercise on uterine fundus height reduction. It is expected that health service agencies, especially midwives, in order to apply postpartum exercise to postpartum women because it is very good to reduce the incidence of bleeding.