EFFECT OF BABY MASSAGE IN BABY AGE 3-5 MONTHS ON NIGHT SLEEP QUALITY
(CASE STUDY IN POSYANDU KEMUNING PREMULUNG SONDAKAN)
Background: When a baby is born, babies usually sleep for 16-20 hours a day. When they are 1 month old babies sleep more nights than daytime. Babies will sleep with a duration of 14-16 hours a day with the division of 8-9 hours for night sleep and 6-7 hours for naps. Poor sleep quality can result in impaired physiological and psychological balance. Baby massage is able to counteract the negative effects of stress and sleep disorders by providing kinesthetic tactile stimulation and increasing parasympathetic (vagal) activity, which can lead to stress reduction and calm the baby.
Objective: To determine the effect of baby massage to improve the quality of night sleep on infants aged 3-5 months.
Method: This type of research is quasy experimental with pre and post test group two design. The subjects of this study were 30 babies in the Posulung of the Kemuning Kemulung Sondakan. Divided into treatment groups that were given baby massage and control groups that were not given baby massage carried out for 14 days in a row treatment.
Results: The results of this study were that giving baby massage in the treatment group was obtained 0.001 and the control group that was not given baby massage was 0.206. Mann Whitney statistical test for different effects obtained p results 0.040 where p <0.05 then there is a difference in effect between the treatment group with the control group.
Conclusion: There is an effect of giving baby massage in improving the quality of night sleep in infants 3-5 months. There was a different effect between baby massage in the treatment group and the control group who were not given baby massage in improving the quality of sleep for infants 3-5 months
