abstract

Nausea and vomiting (emesis gravidarum) is a natural phenomenon and often

caught in pregnancy terimester I. Nausea and vomiting occur in 60-80%
primigravida, nausea usually happen in the morning and 40-60% of multigravid 1
in 1000 pregnancies, these symptoms become more severe. In Indonesia, a
gynecologist from Bunda Hospital Jakarta make sure about 50-70% of pregnant
women experience nausea vomiting.
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between knowledge of
emesis gravidarum with emesis gravidarum tackle action in the Puskesmas
Sekupang Batam Year 2013.
Research using correlation methods, sampling of this study using random
sampling as many as 83 respondents were conducted in June and July 2013.
Then the data was analyzed using SPSS chisquer and use.
Results reveal that the majority of mothers have a good knowledge of the 44
respondents (53%) and the majority of the action is lacking as many as 53
respondents (64%). And the test statistic is obtained, the value of n = 83, and
the value = .253. HO accepted for P value = .253> 0.05. Statistical tests were
conducted, concluded that there was no relationship between knowledge of
emesis gravidarum with emesis gravidarum tackle action. P value = .253> 0.05.
It means that there is no relationship between knowledge of emesis gravidarum
with emesis gravidarum tackle action in the clinic working Sekupang Batam Year
2013.

Keywords: Emesis Gravidarum, Handling, Knowledge

Cited: 11 (2003-2010)