THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BABY MASSAGE ON IMPROVING THE SLEEP QUALITY OF BABY AGED 3-12 MONTHS IN PATIK VILLAGE, PULUNG DISTRICT, PONOROGO REGENCY
By: Rosita Risky Febry Wulandari

Sleep quality is a person's satisfaction with sleep where someone can easily start sleeping, maintain sleep. The quality of a baby's sleep is one of the factors that affects growth. One way to meet a baby's sleep needs is with Massage. Massage on babies functions to help local and general relaxation, the massaged area will reflexively dilate blood vessels, where blood circulation will increase. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of baby massage aged 3-12 months on improving the quality of baby sleep in Patik Village, Pulung District.
The method used is pre-post test control. The sample size of this study was 30. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon Rank Test. This study used a brief infant screening questionnaire (BISQ) test. The sample used in this study was babies aged 3-12 months by providing a questionnaire filled out by the parents of each baby. This questionnaire was filled out before and after the massage for 1 action. The final evaluation after the massage was carried out was by contacting via telephone.
The results of the analysis were obtained after the massage, 93.3% of the sleep quality of babies in Patik Village, Pulung District was good, while the remaining 10% had poor sleep quality. Changes in sleep quality after massage, there was an increase in the sleep quality of babies in Patik Village, Pulung District by 73.3%. with a P-Value <0.05 so it can be concluded that there is a relationship between baby massage and an increase in the sleep quality of babies in Patik Village, Pulung District.

Keywords: Babies, Baby Massage, Sleep Quality