Therapeutic Communication on the Intensity of Labor Pain in the Active Phase I

Abstract

In the labor process, not all mothers can face calm due to pain due to uterine contractions that cause discomfort that can affect labor. There are various ways that can reduce labor pain non-pharmacologically by providing therapeutic communicationefforts to reduce pain. This research aims toKnowing the Effectiveness of Therapeutic Communication Against the Intensity of Labor Pain in the First Stage of Active Phase.The research design method used is quasi-experimental with a one group pretest-posttest design. The sample of this research is mothers giving birth with a total of 20 respondents. At Tk II Hospital RW Mongisidi Teling Manado. Data analysis using Wilcoxon test by using an observation questionnaire,The results of the research on pain intensity before therapeutic communication were averaged 6.90 and after therapeutic communication was 4.20, and the results of the analysis of p value 0.001 <0.05 concluded that there was an effect of therapeutic communication affecting the intensity of labor pain in the first stage of the active phase on the intensity of labor pain in the first stage of the phase. Active.