Improving The Quality Of Baby Sleep By Giving Massage To Babies

Abstract

Background: The need for sleep is important for every individual. However, infants who experience sleep disturbances result in decreased sleep quality and affect their growth and development. One that can improve the quality of infant sleep by giving non-pharmacological therapy is baby massage. This study aims to analyze the effect of baby massage on infant sleep quality in Gandasari Village Area, Katapang District, Bandung Regency. Methods: This type of research is a pre experimental design using a one group pretest-posttest design approach. The sample of this study amounted to 30 infants who were taken by the total sampling method. This research instrument used standar procedure operational and questionnaire and paired sample T test statistical test. Results: The results showed that more than half of the respondents (63.3%) had poor sleep quality before baby massage, and more than half of the respondents (56.6%) had adequate sleep quality after baby massage. The paired sample T test statistical test shows that the significant value of p value = 0.000 < α (0.05), so Ha is accepted where there is an effect of baby massage on infant sleep quality in Gandasari Village Area, Katapang District. Conclusion: There is a significant influence between giving baby massage on infant sleep quality with p-value 0.000 < 0.05.