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The Effectiveness of Acupressure and Moksibusi on Decreasing Blood in First 24 Hours of Postpartum
Corresponding Author(s) : Mesayu Diah Kurniawati
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2019): 2019 Volume 7- Issue -3
Abstract
Background
Active management of Kala III can reduce the incidence of bleeding due to uterine atony, reduce the duration and volume of blood loss, but the facts showed that 8 of 14 mothers who received MAK III standard care experienced lost their blood > 500 mL in the first 24 hours of postpartum due to the oxytocin administration has a relatively short half-life, that is only about 4-10 minutes, so sustainably intervention is needed to keep the uterus contracting effectively in a non-pharmacological manner with acupressure and moxibustion.
Objective
To prove the effect of acupressure and moxibustion in points of BL 60, BL 67, SP 6 and LI 4 on decreasing bleeding in the first 24 hour of postpartum
Method
This reseach used a quasy experiment study with pre-test and post-test only with control group design
Results
The respondents of this research were housewives and multiparas with aterm gestational age, birth spacing ranged from 2-10 years, maternal ages were 31.33 years and 30.8 years. different tests on the acupressure group and the moxibusi by using independent t-test and mann whitney u-test, the total of bleeding volume was not significantly different from P = 0.633
Conclusion
Administration of acupressure and moxibustion can reduce the volume of postpartum bleeding because it is able to keep the uterus contracting effectively.