EFEKTIVITAS EDUKASI PSIKOLOGIS TERHADAP DUKUNGAN SUAMI DAN POSTPARTUM BLUES

Abstract

The postpartum period is a special phase in life of both mother and baby. A woman experiences a very significant life change to become a mother. This situation are characterized by emotional and physical changes, family relationships and rules, and adjustments to new rules as a mother. Several adjustments are needed in dealing with their new activities and roles as mothers, both physically and psychologically. Some women who did not manage to adjust can experienced psychological disorders. Psychological disturbances that occur during the early puerperium is postpartum blues. Husband support can prevent the occurrence of postpartum blues. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of psychological education on husband's support and postpartum blues. The research design is a quasi-experimental approach with a post-test only approach with a control group design. The intervention in this study was providing psychological education to prospective mothers and fathers during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and evaluated on the 10th day postpartum with the husband's support questionnaire and the EPDS questionnaire. To analyze husband's support using Kolmogorov Smirnov test and postpartum blues using Chi-Square test. The results of analysis test of providing education to husband's support obtained a p-value 1.00 (p > 0.05), while the provision of education to postpartum blues obtained a p value 0.031 (p < 0.05). This study concludes that there is no effect of psychological education on husband's support, but providing effective education to prevent the occurrence of postpartum blues. It is recommended that this research can be applied to prevent the occurrence of postpartum blues.