TY - JOUR AU - Sari, Nurmala AU - Soejoenoes, Ariawan AU - Wahyuni, Sri AU - Setiani, Onny AU - Anwar, Choiroel PY - 2017/10/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMBINATION OF OXYTOCIN AND ENDORPHIN MASSAGE ON UTERINE INVOLUTION IN PRIMIPAROUS MOTHERS JF - Belitung Nursing Journal JA - Belitung Nurs J VL - 3 IS - 5 SE - Original Research Article DO - 10.33546/bnj.193 UR - https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/193 SP - 569-576 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>One of the puerperal complications is uterine subinvolution that can cause bleeding to maternal death. Oxytocin massage can stimulate oxytocin hormone that plays a role in the process of uterine involution. Endorphin massage can increase the release of oxytocin and endorphin hormone that give a sense of calm and comfort. It also increases production of oxytocin hormone that can improve the process of uterine involution.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To prove the effectiveness of a combination of oxytocin massage and endorphin massage to uterine involution in primiparous mothers during postpartum period.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest with control group design. Total samples were 44 normal postpartum mothers selected using purposive sampling technique, which were randomly assigned in four groups, namely: 1) oxytocin massage group, 2) endorphin massage group, 3) combined oxytocin-endorphin massage group, and 4) control group. Data were analyzed using univariate, bivariate and One-Way ANOVA to test the effectiveness of the intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were statistically significant differences of fundal height before and after intervention among the four groups (p=&lt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The combination of oxytocin massage and endorphin massage proved most effective in accelerating uterine involution in normal postpartum mothers.</p> ER -