Yesha Apriyance.
al | The Relationship Between HusbandAos Support and the Intensity of First Stage Labor Pain Journal Education of Nursing (JEN) Vol.
8 No.
1 Ae January- June 2025.
page 67-72 p-ISSN: 2655-2418.
e-ISSN:2655-7630 Journal homepage: https://ejournal.
DOI : 10.
37430/jen.
Article history :
Received: June 7th, 2025 Revised: June 9th, 2025 Accepted: June 12nd, 2025 The Relationship Between Husband's Support and the Intensity of First Stage Labor Pain at the Midwife Umi TPMB.
Bekasi Yesha Apriyance1.
Christin Jayanti2 STIKes RSPAD Gatot Soebroto Email : christin_jayanti@stikesrspadgs.
ABSTRACT
This study is a high maternal mortality rate due to labor complications, whichismostly related to lack of psychological support, including from husbands.
Husband support during labor plays an important role in reducing pain intensity by increasing the mother'ssenseof security and This study aims to determine the relationship between husbandsupport and the intensity of labor pain in the first stage at TPMB Bidan Umi.
Bekasi Regency.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between husband support and the intensity of labor pain in the first stage.
This study used a quantitative method with a crosectional design.
The sample taken was 30 mothers who gave birth normally and were accompanied by their husbands during the first stage at TPMB Bidan Umi.
Data were collected using a questionnaire related to husband support and the scale of labor pain intensity, which were analyzed using the Spearman Rank statisticaltestThe study showed that there was a significant relationship between husband support and the intensity of labor pain in the first stage .
-value <0.
Good husband support, both emotionally and physically, contributes to reducing the intensity of labor pain.
This study recommends that health workers improve education and counseling forhusbands to support their wives during the labor process.
Increasing education for married couples about the importance of husband support during And providing prenatal counseling programs that involve husbands, so that they are more emotionally and physically prepared to accompany mothers during labor.
Keywords: Husband's support, intensity of labor pain in the first stage.
INTRODUCTION
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 90% of women give birth normally, while 10% of women can experience pathological cases (Utami & Putri, 2.
Birth is the peak of a pregnancy which is the highest point of all preparations made.
Every mother certainly expects a smooth Journal Educational of Nursing (JEN) Vol.
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delivery process (Kusyati, 2.
Duringchildbirth, the biggest causes of complications of bleeding, eclampsia, infection, prolonged labor, obstructed labor and miscarriage (Wahyuni et al.
The biggest cause of maternal death from 2014-2017 was bleeding, while to reduce the incidence of Yesha Apriyance.
al | The Relationship Between HusbandAos Support and the Intensity of First Stage Labor Pain participation of the family .
specially the husban.
is needed, this is in line strategiesin order to reduce the incidence of childbirth complications in Indonesia through the MPS (Making Pregnancy Safe.
program (Ningdiah et , 2.
The expected result of this strategy is an increase in the active role of the family during the pregnancy and childbirth process (Widiawati & Legiati, 2.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that birth companions be chosen by the mother herself.
However, currently male participation in reproductive health is still low, many husbands are still unable to showfull support for the birth process, there are 68% of births in Indonesia that are notaccompanied by their husbands during the birth process.
The effect of not having ahusband accompany them during labor has an impact on anxiety in the mother so that there is an increase in catecholamine levels which causes decreased blood flow to the uterus, weakened uterine contractions, decreased blood flow to the placenta, reduced oxygen available to the fetus and can increase the length of labor.
((Nurlita Bintari et al.
, 2.
The Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia stated that most or around 90% of labor is accompanied by pain, according to a number of studies.
The causes include physiological and The physiological factors in question are psychological factors in question are excessive fear and anxiety.
Excessive and prolonged pain can cause anxiety whichultimately affects the physical condition of the mother in labor, such as increased blood pressure, respiratory rate, and heart rate during labor which can cause the mother to become tired and cause prolonged labor and can endanger the fetus and mother (Arifin Journal Educational of Nursing (JEN) Vol.
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&Alyensi, 2.
The results of a study on the health of West Java Province showed that almost 90% of mothers in labor experienced pain during labor with a division of mildmoderate pain intensity 23%, moderatesevere pain 61%, and mothers in labor who experienced very severe pain 16%.
(Falina et al.
, 2.
METHOD
This type of research is a quantitative study by looking at the relationship between husband's assistance and the intensity of labor pain in the first stage at TPMB Bidan Umi.
Bekasi Regency in This study was conducted from December to January 2025.
The population of this study was all mothers giving birth at the Bidan Umi clinic, totaling 30 couples of mothers giving birth and their husbands.
The sampling method in this study uses the saturated sampling method, namely a sample collection technique where all members of the population are used as samples.
using a cross-sectional design, namely an observational analytical research design that aims to determine the relationship between variables where the independent variables and dependent variables are identified at one time unit.
RESULTS
Table 1 Univariate Analysis of Husband's Support Husband Support Good Enough Amount Frequency Percentage (%) Univariate analysis of the husband's support variable showed that most respondents received good husband support during the labor process, with a frequency of 27 people .
%).
As many as 3 Yesha Apriyance.
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%) received sufficient husband support.
These results indicate that most husbands play a significant role in providing support to their wives, which can contribute to comfort and pain management during the first stage of labor.
Tabel Analisis Univariat Intensitas Nyeri Persalinan Pain Intensity Very Mild Pain Moderate Pain Amount Enoug Total Frequency Percentage (%) Univariate analysis of the pain intensity variable showed that mostrespondents experienced mild pain during the first stage of labor, with a frequency of 24 people .
%).
As many as 6 respondents .
%) Thesedata indicate that the majority of mothers in labor in this study felt relatively low painintensity, which was likely influenced by various factors, including husband's support which was predominantly in the good Table 3 Spearman Rank Test Kesalahan! Nama file tidak ditentukan.
VariabelPain
IntensityTotal SpearmanKoefisien
Very Moderat
Ran Korela
Mild
e Pain
Pain
Husba
2 0,00 0,667
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The results of the analysis showed that those who received good husbandsupport were 27 respondents, those who experienced mild pain were 24 respondents.
%) and those who experienced moderate pain were 3 respondents and those who received sufficient husband support were 3 respondents .
%) experiencing moderate pain.
Those who received sufficient husband support, all .
%) experiencedmoderate pain.
These data indicate a tendency that good husband support contributes to lighter pain intensity during the first stage of labor.
The results of the analysis using the Spearman Rank test showed a significance value of 0.
00, which means that there is a significant support and the intensity of labor pain in the first stage.
The correlation coefficientvalue of 0.
667 indicates that the relationship is positive and strong, so that the better the husband's support, the lower the intensity of pain felt by the mother in labor.
DISCUSSION