THE EFFECT OF INFANT MASSAGE ON REDUCING BILIRUBIN LEVELS IN INFANTS WHO GET FORMULA MILK IN HOSPITALS WEST JAVA REGION YEAR 2024

Abstract

Indirect hyperbilirubinemia is one of the conditions that most affect the health of newborns worldwide and occurs in 60% of full-term and 80% of preterm newborns. Infant massage can be an effective method of managing icteric infants. This study aims to determine the effect of infant massage on reducing bilirubin levels in formula-fed infants in hospitals in West Java region in 2024. The design used was pre-test and post-test with control group (quasy experiment with control). The population in this study were icteric infants hospitalized in the West Java region in June 2024 as many as 34 infants with a total sample of 92 infants. The sampling technique used a total sampling approach. Data analysis using paired t test and independent t test. The bilirubin level of infants who received formula milk before being given baby massage was found to have an average of 16.4588mg/dl and afterward 10.2353mg/dl, resulting in an average difference in bilirubin level reduction of 6.2235mg/dl. Bilirubin levels of infants who received formula milk before the control group obtained an average of 18.8941mg/dl and after 12.8412mg/dl so that the average difference in bilirubin levels decreased by 6.0529mg/dl. There is a decrease in bilirubin levels before and after baby massage in jaundice babies (p-Value 0.000). There is a decrease in bilirubin levels before and after in the control group of jaundice babies (p-Value 0.000). There is an effect of infant massage on reducing bilirubin levels in infants who get formula milk (p-Value 0.032). Infant massage can reduce bilirubin levels in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and can be recommended to be given in careful care. Infant massage may be effective for the prevention of pathological jaundice in healthy newborns.