Genius Midwifery Journal

The Effect of Pilates Exercise on Low Back Pain in Pregnant Women in the Second and Third Trimesters at Edelweiss Day Spa

Lusinta Agustina — 2024-08-01

Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of Pilates Exercise on Low Back Pain in pregnant women in the second and third trimesters.

Method: Type of quantitative research with a pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The purposive sampling technique obtained a total sample of 32 respondents from pregnant women in the second and third trimesters.

Results: After doing Pilates exercise, there were 27 respondents with mild pain (84.4%) and 5 respondents in the no pain category (15.6%). The results of the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test show a p-value of 0.000, so p<0.05 so that Ha is accepted, which means there is an effect of Pilates exercise on the Low Back Pain of pregnant women in the second and third trimesters at Edelweiss Day Spa Klaten.

Conclusion: There is an effect of Pilates exercise on the low back pain of pregnant women in the second and third trimesters at Edelweiss Day Spa Klaten

Correlation Between Female Junior High School Students Knowledge And BSE Behaviour

Winda Ayu Juwita Karni — 2024-08-05

Introduction: Breast cancer often presents as a painless lump and can develop, invade surrounding breast tissue, and spread to nearby lymph nodes or other organs in the body. The high mortality rate of breast cancer is due to a lack of knowledge about the disease and the importance of early detection, leading to many patients seeking medical help at a late stage. According to Globocan data from 2020, teenage cancer patients in Indonesia rank 3rd in Asia. The government recommends Breast Self-Examination (BSE) as the most effective screening method. BSE is very easy to perform, yet many teenagers are unaware of this method.

Objective: The review is to summarize the correlation between students knowledge and BSE Behaviour.

Method: The study used a descriptive quantitative design with a cross-sectional approach and a simple random sampling technique. The sample size was 141 students, and the chi-square statistical test was used for analysis.

Result: The majority, 91.5%, of Ananda Junior High School students had never performed BSE and had poor knowledge about the pathophysiology of breast cancer (93.6%) and breast cancer prevention (83.7%). A p-value of 0.000 (p < 0.05) was obtained, indicating a significant correlation between knowledge about the pathophysiology and prevention of breast cancer and BSE behavior.

Conclussion: The proportion of Ananda Bekasi Junior High School students who engage in BSE behavior is very low (8.5%). Most respondents had poor knowledge about the pathophysiology of breast cancer (93.6%) and breast cancer prevention (83.7%).

Health Education With A Balanced Nutrition Pocketbook For Pregnant Women In The First Trimester

Elis Dian Kumalasari — 2024-08-01

Introduction: Chronic energy deficiency can affect the growth of the fetus. Based on a preliminary study, 80% of pregnant women do not understand nutrition in early pregnancy. health education aims to make pregnant women healthier than before. The pocketbook has more flexible characteristics, is easy to carry anywhere, and can be read anytime.

Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of health education with pocketbooks on knowledge of balanced nutrition in pregnant women in the first trimester.

Method: This is a quantitative research type, pre-experiment one group pre-post test design without control. The population in this study were all pregnant women in the first trimester at the Independent Practice of Midwife Noris Hadi in February – March including 25 pregnant women. The sampling technique used was total sampling. The intervention was health education with the lecture method and discussion with pocketbook media. Data were analyzed univariately and bivariately. The instrument used a questionnaire that had been tested for validity and reliability.

Result: Almost all respondents are aged 20-35 years, pregnant women with a college education are very low, and most are working women. there were no pregnant women in the first trimester who experienced a decrease in scores after being given health education. The average increase in the score of 24 pregnant women was 12.5 points. There was 1 pregnant woman in the first trimester who had the same pre-test and post-test results.

Conclusion: there is a difference in test results before and after being given Health Education with a pocketbook regarding knowledge of balanced nutrition for pregnant women.