Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Dengan Kecemasan Ibu Nifas Dalam Perawatan Bayi Baru Lahir di Puskemas Gerung

Infant care is carried out for 1 year of infant age. Infant mortality is an important measure of national health because this variable is related to various factors, including maternal health, quality of access to medical services, socioeconomic conditions, and public health practices. Infant mortality (infant mortality) is the death of children aged less than one year. The infant mortality rate is defined as the number of deaths of children aged less than 1 year per 1,000 live births. At the end of the 20th century, the infant mortality rate was estimated at 7.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, which was significantly lower than in 1940, which was 47.0/1,000 live births. The design used in this research is analytically with a cross sectional study approach. The number of samples is 50 people. Sampling was done by Total Sampling Technique. This research was conducted at the Gerung Public Health Center by distributing research instruments (questionnaires) to every postpartum mother who came to visit to check herself during the postpartum period to the clinic. Data analysis with chi square. Of the 50 respondents, most of the respondents had good knowledge as many as 34 people (68%), and a small proportion of respondents had less knowledge as many as 16 people (32%). Respondents with good knowledge, most of them experienced mild anxiety as many as 20 people (40%), and a small portion experienced severe anxiety as many as 4 people (8%). Of the 16 respondents with less knowledge, most experienced severe anxiety as many as 7 people (14%) and a small portion experienced moderate anxiety as many as 4 people (8%) in the care of newborns. So it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge and the anxiety of postpartum mothers in caring for newborns (nilai=0.003<0.05). From the results of this study, it is known that postpartum mothers' anxiety in caring for newborns is mild, this is because postpartum mothers already understand how to properly care for their babies. Along with ...