Pengaruh Pendampingan Ibu Nifas terhadap Risiko Kejadian Depresi Postpartum di Praktik Mandiri Bidan Kota Surabaya

Objective: The postpartum period is the period experienced by women after the baby
is born until the reproductive organs return to normal conditions as before pregnancy
within six weeks. During the postpartum period, there are several phases of a woman's
adjustment to her role as a new parent which can cause anxiety, especially for women
who are giving birth for the first time because they do not have experience caring for
babies. A mother who cannot adjust to her role as a parent can experience psychological
disorders with various symptoms known as postpartum depression. Postpartum
depression is a severe and persistent mood change experienced by a woman after
childbirth and can last for several months or even a year or more.
Methods: This study is a quantitative study with a quasi-experimental design
through pre and post-measurements in the intervention group and control group.
The intervention carried out for postpartum mothers was assistance four to 4 times by
midwives and in the control group, services were provided according to the standards of
postpartum mother visits.
Results: The results showed that the group that was assisted was mostly not at risk
for postpartum depression, which was 64%, while the control group did not receive
assistance. Most of them are at risk of postpartum depression, which is 72%. And based
on the results of the Independent Sample T-Test, it was found that the value of p =
0.012 (<0.05) means that there is an influence of mentoring on the risk of postpartum
depression.
Conclusion: Mentoring given to postpartum mothers affects the incidence of
postpartum depression risk, where postpartum women who are assisted tend not to be
at risk of postpartum depression, and mothers who are not assisted tend to be at risk of
postpartum depression