ANALISIS PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG PERAWATAN LUKA PERENIUM

Abstract

Childbirth often results in tears in the birth canal, tears occur in almost all first births and not infrequently in subsequent deliveries these tears are caused by spontaneous lacerations in the perineum when the baby is born. Perineal wounds resulting from childbirth, if not treated, have the potential to cause infection due to germs entering through the stitched wounds. The infected part will cause symptoms of heat, pain, fever, discharge such as vaginal discharge, pus and the skin will be red around it.

The type of research used is descriptive, namely knowing the mother's knowledge about perineal wound care. The sampling technique in this study used a total sampling of 33 people. After conducting the research, it was discovered that the majority of respondents' knowledge was in the poor category, namely (54.6%) in Aek Haruaya village in 2024. This can be understood, considering that the majority of respondents' education was in the education category. basic, namely, as much as (44.1%). Education is a formal and non-formal activity as an effort to develop a person's mindset, personality and abilities both inside and outside school as well as life experiences that last a lifetime. the majority of respondents' knowledge is in the sufficient category, namely (24.2%) in Aek Haruaya village in 2024. This can be understood, considering that the majority of respondents are in the 21-35 years category, namely (47.0%). understandable, considering that the majority of respondents' work is in the non-working/domestic category, namely (44.1%).

Every health worker, especially midwives, should be able to provide education to mothers about caring for perineal wounds after giving birth as an effort to speed up the healing process of the mother's perineum.