Efek Stimulasi Taktil Kinestetik Erhadap Perkembangan Bayi Berat Badan Lahir Rendah

Low Birth Weight (LBW) in infant has risk of developmental delay due to conditions weighing less than 2500 grams, so that the infant suffered severe physiological adaptation process. One of the physiological adaptation processes that must be reached on LBW is thermoregulation system, respiratory and cardiovascular. Infant is a critical period which is a specific time when a given event, or lack thereof has the greatest impact on the development. The purpose of this study is to identify the effectiveness of tactile-kinesthetic stimulation to the development of physiological (temperature, respiration, heart rate) and Weight Infants LBW. The study used a quasi-experimental design, pre-test and post-test non-equivalent control group 30 LBW infants taken with probability sampling technique. Intervention tactile-kinesthetic stimulation is done once a day for 5 days. Observation sheet and tactile-kinesthetic stimulation procedures is used as a research instrument. Data were analyzed using Man Whitney test and independent t test. Statistical analysis showed significant differences physiological development of temperature after the intervention (Post) in the intervention and control groups (p value 0,000); No significant differences Babies Respiratory LBW after treatment (Post) in the intervention and control groups (p value 0,037); No significant differences Heartbeat LBW infants after treatment (Post) in the intervention and control groups (p value 0,000); there is no difference Weight LBW infants after treatment (Post) in the intervention and control groups (p value 0.155)