Benefit of Childbirth Care Counseling for Mood of Postpartum Period
Abstract: Postpartum mood
disorder experienced by mothers was characterized by severe fatigue, poor
concentration, tiredness, sadness, and anger at her husband. This postpartum
mood disorders could progress to postpartum depression and postpartum
psychosis. Childbirth care counseling was an attempt to allow mothers to adapt
to her postpartum condition. The objective of this research was to identify the
effect of childbirth care counseling on postpartum mood changes at Wates
General Hospital, Kulonprogo. This research used pre-experimental design with
post test. We used purposive sampling to obtain 20 respondents in the
experimental group and 20 respondents in the control group. Moreover, EPDS
instruments were also used in this research. Saphiro-Wilk normality test
resulted in SD=0.000<0.05. The Mann-Whitney test resulted
Z-2.054>t-table, α=0.040<0.05. We found that there was a significant
benefit of childbirth care counseling on postpartum mood changes at Wates
General Hospital, Kulonprogo. The significance of this research is that health
workers in prenatal units should provide counseling about postpartum care to
mothers in their third trimester.
Keywords: Counseling, Mood
Disorder, Postpartum Mothers
Author: Yuni Purwati,
Kustiningsih
Journal Code: jpkesmasgg180011
