Wiliyanarti, Pipit Festi and Wintarti , Reni and Husna, Anis Rosyiatul
(2018)
Effect of Developmental Care to Decrease Stress Hospitalization in Low Birth Weight Baby in NICU.
Jurnal Keperawatan Muhammadiyah, 3 (2).
pp. 116-120.
ISSN 2541-2396
Abstract
Stress hospitalization is often experienced by low birth weight (LBW) infants who
are experiencing nurses in the hospital. Developmental care is one developmental care
developed in order to minimize the impact of hospitalization. This study aims to determine
the effect of developmental care on hospitalization stress reduction among LBW
infants in NICU Dr. Moh Soewandhi Hospital. Pre-experimental Design One Group
Pre-Post Test Design was used. 30 respondents obtained by using Simple Random
Sampling technique. The independent variable was development care and the dependent
variable was stress hospitalization. Developmental care procedure checklist and
the behavior sheet of LBW infant instrument were used. The data was analyzed using
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with significance level α = 0.05. The results showed that
almost half (46.7%) of respondents had moderate stress before Development Care was
done, and most of them (73.3%) did not experience stress after Development Care. The
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test analysis showed that p = 0,000 at significance level α =
0.05. It means that there is influence of developmental care to decrease stress of hospitalization
on LBW Infant in NICU Dr Moh Soewandhi Hospital. In sum, development
Care can reduce hospitalization stress in LBW. Therefore, it is suggested that the
whole family to do Development Care on LBW who experience stress hospitalization.
Keywords: Hospitalization Stress, Development Care, Low Birth Weight
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