The Effect of Healthy Baby Massage Training Using Video Media on Mothers' Skills in Central Bengkulu Regency Bengkulu Province

Abstract

Infancy is the golden age as well as the critical period of development of a baby at the age of 0-12 months. Baby massage is one treatment or form of stimulation that can stimulate baby growth. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of healthy baby massage training using video media on maternal skills in Central Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Province.

The research design used a quasi-experimental design of one group pre-test-post test. The research was conducted in Central Bengkulu Regency. The study sample was parents who had babies aged 6 to 12 months as many as 31 babies. Bivariate analysis is used by the Friedman statistical test because the data are not normally distributed.

The results showed that the average skills of mothers in the first to fourth measurements increased by 70.53 (first), 88.64 (second), 94.4 (third) and 94.54 (fourth).  The results of bivariate analysis using the Friedman Test obtained a p-value = 0.000, meaning that there is an effect of healthy baby massage training using video media on maternal skills in Central Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Province.