Rebozo Technique Effectively Reduces Maternal Pain during Childbirth Stage 1 Active Phase

Background: Pain is the main complaint felt by mothers during childbirth. Pain management can be done with non-pharma-cological techniques, one of which is using the Rebozo technique. Objective(s): This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the rebozo technique for active phase 1 labour pain in primipa-rous women. Method(s): The study used a quasi-experimental design with a pretest and posttest control group. An accidental sampling technique divided a sample of 30 people into control and intervention groups. The intervention group received Rebozo therapy, a therapy using a traditional cloth wrapped around the pelvis and buttocks with the mother kneeling, then shaking it slowly. The pain was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), ranging from 0-10. Bivariate test using Wilcoxon. Result(s): The majority of respondents were aged 21-29 years (56.7%), had high school education (83.3%) and were house-wives (50%). The majority of the control group showed moderate pain (53.3%), while the intervention group showed severe (60%). The reduction in pain in the intervention group was more significant than in the control group (2.27 > 0.73). Both the control group and the intervention group showed p < 0.001. Conclusion(s): The Rebozo technique effectively reduces labour pain in the active phase of the first stage in primiparous women. This technique is easy and inexpensive, so it can be an option for non-pharmacological therapy to treat labour pain.Copyright © 2023 Japan University of Health Sciences.

The Anxiety Facing the 1st Dose of Covid-19 Vaccination and Related Factors

Background: Various efforts to prevent transmission, treatment, and handling of the Covid-19 virus, one of which is vaccination. Hoax news and vaccinations themselves cause anxiety in the community. Aims: This study aims to describe the anxiety experienced and the relationship between gender, age, ethnicity, and occupation with the level of anxiety facing the 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccination. Method: This is a quantitative correlational design with a cross-sectional. This research was conducted in Indonesia. The sampling technique used accidental sampling with 503 people. Research instruments were questionnaires that tested for validity (> rtable) and reliability (0.923). Bivariate analysis used Kolmogorov Smirnov and Chi-square. Results: Most of the respondents were female (75.1%), late adolescence (65.2%), Javanese (59.8%), medical personnel (51.7%), and mild anxiety (76.7.0%). The majority are afraid that something terrible will happen (35.59%). The bivariate test shows that gender, age, ethnicity, and occupation with anxiety when facing Covid-19 vaccination dose 1st, p = 0.031, p = 0.047, p = 0.342, and p = 0.023. Conclusions: There is no relationship between ethnicity and level of anxiety. Gender, age, and occupation significantly correlate with anxiety facing the 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccination. Handling of signs of anxiety that appears is needed so that the vaccination process runs successfully.

The effect of online learning systems on academic stress during the covid-19 pandemic among students in Indonesia

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic causes an incidental transition of learning method from face-to-face to online learning method in all of universities in Indonesia. Failure to self-adapt in this situation may trigger a mental health issue, including academic stress among students in Indonesia. Aims: To determine the level of academic stress experienced by undergraduate students based on their socio-demographic characteristics. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design. Nine hundred ninety-nine undergraduate students from six universities in Yogyakarta were involved in this study through a simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire of this study used an online survey instrument, namely kobotoolbox. The statistical analysis used Chi-square. Results: Nearly 73% of students experienced a moderate level of academic stress. Bivariate tested between gender, age, faculty background, and level of students with the level of academic stress were p = 0.008, 0.486, 0.000, and 0.134. Conclusions: Gender and faculty background had a significant correlation with the level of academic stress, while age and level of students had no relationship with the level of academic stress. This finding can be utilized further by policymaker and the Government to plan a stress-management intervention to undergraduate students in Indonesia.