Effectiveness of I-PED (ibu percaya diri) education on maternal confidence and maternal competence to care newborn at bengkulu city

The inability of postpartum women care the babies can cause emotional distress which occurs in 30% of women. This condition can make maternal confidence to be low. The aim of the study determines the effectiveness of antenatal education on maternal confidence and competence to care for the baby — research sites at Pasar Ikan, Lempuing and Nusa Indah Kota Bengkulu. The research design used a quasi-experiment with pre and post-test only with a control group. The samples were healthy pregnant women, gestational age ≥ 34 weeks, single pregnancy. The technique of sampling is consecutive sampling with the amount of 60 people. Education is given during pregnancy three times. Maternal of confidence and competence is measured on the 10th-day postpartum. Maternal competence is measured by observation and maternal belief. Measured using confident maternal Questionaire (MCQ) consists of 14 items. Analysis statistic used T paired, independent and MANCOVA tests. The results showed there were significant mean differences of maternal confidence and maternal competence to care newborns between the intervention and control groups. The mean difference of maternal belief in the intervention group was 18.37 and control group 10.93 and the mean difference of maternal competence in the intervention group was 21.23 and in the control group 10.97 (p-value 0.000).