Authors: Iryanti1, Hotma Rinihita Rumahorbo1, Muryati1, Yulida1
Nursing Program, Bandung Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health, Indonesia
Email: iryanti511@gmail.com
Abstract
Indonesian health demographic survey in 2012 indicated maternal mortality rate in Indonesia was 359 per 100,000 live births, mostly caused by postpartum complications, one of them is weak abdominal muscles. The issue could be prevented and addressed with early ambulation, namely postpartum exercise. This research is aimed at analyzing the effects of module in normal postpartum mothers empowerment concerning postpartum exercise on diastasis recti abdominis. This research is quasi-experimental, pre-post test two group design. The population is normal postpartum mothers with diastasis recti abdominis at least 2.5 cm using consecutive sampling in which 60 samples were obtained, namely 30 subjects of treatment group and 30 subjects of control group. Measuring ruler was used to measure diastasis recti abdominis, these variables were measured before and after the provision of module for 6 weeks. The data was analyzed using Mann Whitney test. The statistical analysis results indicated diastasis recti abdominis in the treatment group decreased faster than the control group (p-value = 0.000) (p < 0.05). The conclusion was the modul usage by normal postpartum mothers could reduce diastasis recti abdominis. Normal postpartum mothers were suggested taking postpartum exercise for recovering the strength of abdominal muscles to prevent bleeding following childbirth.
Keywords: Normal Postpartum, Module, Postpartum Exercise
