Efek Terapi Murottal Surat Ar-Rahman terhadap Tingkat Kecemasan Ibu Bersalin Kala I

Abstract

Anxiety is an emotional disorder that is often experienced by mothers in labor. The effects of anxiety in childbirth can trigger the release of excess catecholamine levels, which can result in decreased blood flow to the uterus and can lead to prolonged labor during the active phase of labor. One of the non-pharmacological efforts to overcome this problem is murottal therapy. This study aims to determine the effect of Murottal Surat Ar-Rahman therapy on the level of anxiety in mothers during the active phase of labor at Esti Husada Clinic. The study used a Quasy Experiment design. Quantitative design using the Non-Equivalent Control Group. The sampling technique is Accidental sampling. The number of samples was 22 mothers who gave birth during the first stage of the active phase consisting of 11 respondents in the control group and 11 respondents in the experimental group. Quantitative data analysis used the Wilcoxon test. Results are obtained p-value=0.005, which means there is an effect of Murottal Surat Ar-Rahman therapy on the level of anxiety in the mother during the active phase of labor. The level of maternal anxiety level during the first stage of labor in the control group during the pretest (54.5%) and posttest (63.6%), namely at a moderate level of anxiety, while the anxiety level of the mother during the first stage of the active phase in the intervention group before doing murottal therapy is experiencing moderate anxiety (54.5%), but after being given murottal therapy it changed to mild anxiety (72.7%).

Keywords

• anxiety levels
• mothers in labor
• murottal therapy.