Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Health Polytechnic Surabaya (ICoHPS 2023)

The Effect of Positive Affirmation Through the ‘Arunika’ Card on the Anxiety level of First Stage of Labor

Authors
K. Kasiati1, *, Tarisha Wanda Syafira1, Titi Maharrani1, Ervi Husni1, Zarinah Binti Abdul Aziz2
1Polytechnic Health Ministry of Health Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
2Head of Diploma in Nursing Program, City University Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: kasiatitaufik@gmail.com
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K. Kasiati
Available Online 23 December 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_37How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Childbirth; Anxiety; Positive Affirmations
Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of giving Positive affirmations through ‘Arunika’ card to anxiety level of women in the first stage of labor. Methods: This type of research is Pre-Experimental Design (Nondesign) using a one group pretest-posttest design. The population was 34 mothers giving birth and a sample of 31 mothers was obtained. The independent variable is positive affirmations and the dependent variable is the level of anxiety. Anxiety level measurement using the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale questionnaire. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon signed ranked test. Results: Before being given treatment, almost half (36%) of the respondents experienced mild anxiety, most respondents (61%) experienced moderate anxiety, and a small proportion of respondents (3%) experienced severe anxiety. After being given treatment, it was found that almost all respondents (87%) experienced mild anxiety, and a small number of respondents (13%) experienced moderate anxiety. Results of data analysis obtained through the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with a p-value of 0.000 < α (0.05). Conclusion: There was an effect of giving positive affirmations through the ‘Arunika’ card on the anxiety level of mothers in the first stage of labour. The results showed that giving positive affirmations through the ‘Arunika’ cards had an effect on the anxiety level of mothers in the first stage of labour.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Health Polytechnic Surabaya (ICoHPS 2023)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
23 December 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_37
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_37How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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