ABSTRAK
Tidur merupakan salah satu faktor yang sangat mempengaruhi tumbuh kembang bayi.
Kualitas tidur yang baik menyebabkan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan bayi dapat dicapai secara
optimal. Usia bayi belum bisa menyadari kemampuannya sehinga terus ingin berlatih dan bergerak
walau kadang sampai kelelahan. Bayi yang tidak bisa menenangkan dirinya untuk kembali tidur
cenderung akan rewel sehingga diperlukan penanganan yang sesuai untuk membantu tidur. Pijat
bayi dapat memperbaiki sirkulasi darah, bermanfaat memperlancar distribusi oksigen dan nutrisi.
Dapat memberikan efek terhadap kerja saraf tubuh dan relaksasi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah
untuk mengetahui pengaruh terapi pijat bayi terhadap kualitas tidur bayi usia 0 – 6 bulan. Desain
penelitian yang digunakan dalam peneliatan ini adalah pre-experimental dengan pendekatan one
group pre-test-post test design. Populasi semua bayi usia 0 – 6 bulan di Desa Sumber Ngepoh
Lawang berjumlah 32 bayi. Sampel sebagian dari populasi sebanyak 20 bayi responden dengan
teknik purposive sampling. Instrumen penelitian berupa lembar wawancara tentang kualitas tidur
bayi. Penelitian dilakukan di Desa Sumber Ngepoh Kecamatan Lawang Kabupaten Malang pada
bulan Juni – Juli 2015. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada pengaruh yang signifikan
pemberian terapi pijat bayi terhadap perubahan peningkatan skor kualitas tidur bayi usia 0 – 6
bulan. Setelah dilakukan terapi pijat bayi, skor kualitas tidur bayi usia 0 – 6 bulan mengalami
peningkatan menjadi lebih baik. Dengan Uji statistik wilcoxon test didapatkan nilai (ρ) = 0,000 < (α)
= 0,05. Diharapkan kepada responden ibu bayi sebaiknya melakukan terapi pijat bayi kepada
bayinya manakala dirasa terdapat penurunan kualitas tidur sehingga tidak sampai berpengaruh
terhadap laju pertumbuhan dan perkembangan bayinya.
Sleep is one of the factors that greatly affect the infant’s growth and development. By
gaining goodsleep quality infant’s growth and development can be achieved optimally. Infant can
not measure its ability therefore tend to practice and move constantly until tired. Infant who can not
calm themselves to go back to sleep tend to be fussy so it takes the appropriate handling to help
the sleeping process. Baby massage can improve blood circulation and useful to facilitate the
distribution of oxygen and nutrients. It can have an effect on the body’s nervous and relaxation
work. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of infant massage therapy on sleep
quality of infant aged 0 – 6 months. The research design used in this study was pre-experimental
with one group pre-test-post-test design approach. The population was of all infants aged 0 – 6
months at Sumber Ngepoh Village amounted to 32 infant. The sample was around half of the
population as many as 20 infants by using purposive sampling technique. The research instrument
use was an interview sheet about infants quality of sleep. The study was conducted at Sumber
Ngepoh Village Sub-district of Lawang District of Malang in June – July 2015. The result showed
that there was a significant effect of infant massage therapy on changes in sleep quality score of
infants aged 0 – 6 months. After the baby massage therapy, was conducted the score of sleep
quality of infants aged 0 – 6 months was increasing for the better. With statistical test of wilcoxon
test the value got was (ρ) < 0.001 < (α) = 0,05. The mother of infant respondents were expected to
do when there was a decreasing of quality of sleep therefore it would not affect on growth rate and
also the development of infants.