HUBUNGAN KEJADIAN POST PARTUM BLUES DENGAN KEMAMPUAN MENYUSUI PADA IBU POSTPARTUM DI RS PKU MUHAMMADIYAH GAMPING YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

The inability to breastfeed properly and correctly is one problem when the mother startsbreastfeeding her baby. If it is not immediately treated, it will cause maternal anxiety and anxietyabout the ability to breastfeed. If this condition is left it will continue to be post partum blues and evenpostpartum depression. This study aims to determine the correlation between postpartum blues andbreastfeeding ability in postpartum woman in PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital, Yogyakarta.The design of this study was quantitative descriptive using a cross sectional approach. The sample inthis study were 57 postpartum wamans with sampling techniques using accidental sampling inFirdaus Ward, PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital, Yogyakarta. Analysis of univariate andbivariate data with the Kendall-tau correlation test. This study shows that as many as 30 respondents(52.6%) who experienced mild postpartum blues events were able to breastfeed. The value of p value= 0.001 and the value of p alpha = 0.01. Then 0.001 < 0.01. This means that H0 rejected and Haaccepted, namely there is a significant correlation between the incidence of postpartum blues andbreastfeeding ability in postpartum womans in PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital, Yogyakartawith a correlation coefficient of 0.43. Based on the results of this study it can be concluded that thereis a correlation between the incidence of postpartum blues and breastfeeding ability in postpartummothers in PKU Muhammadiyah Gmaping Yogyakarta Hospital.Key Words : Postpartum Blues, Breastfeeding Ability, Maternity Blues