PENERAPAN TERAPI KOMPLEMENTER (MASASE EFFLURAGE UNTUK MENGURANGI NYERI PERSALINAN)

Objective: Labor pain is a natural process, if it is not handled properly it will cause
problems such as increased anxiety in the labor process. Several methods are
offered to reduce pain in labor, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological
methods. One of the non-pharmacological methods that are effective in reducing
pain is effleurage massage. The purpose of this literature study is to examine and
compare the results of previous studies that discuss the effect of complementary
effleurage massage therapy on the intensity of labor pain.
Methods: The research method used is a systematic review. Sources of research
were obtained from literature via the internet in the form of research results
obtained about effective massage on labor pain. The search was conducted using
the Google Scholar database using the keywords: “massage, effleurage, labor”.
Filtering and selecting articles using PRISMA Flowchart. The third keyword search
results yielded 445 articles. Then the articles were carried out with the criteria for
the year of publication, they obtained 177 articles. Furthermore, it was carried out
based on the article on the topic and typeof research obtained by 22 articles.
Articles The subsequent selection of articles for completeness and the elimination
of duplicate articles resulted in 10 articles.
Results: The ten articles mostly discuss the impact of complementary therapies,
especially effleurage massage, which can reduce pain during labor. Seven articles
carried out effleurage massage intervention in the first stage of the active phase.
There are two studies that were carried out in the first stage of the latent phase of
labor. One other article mentions that it was carried out in the first stage, not
clearly stated the active phase, the latent phase, or both.
Conclusion: Conclusions based on this study indicate that the use of effleurage
massage in reducing pain in the first stage of labor.
Keywords: Effleurage Massage, Labor Pai