HUSBAND'S SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THE INCIDENCE OF BABY BLUES MATERNAL IN SOUTH BOGOR WOMEN GOING THROUGH THEIR PUERPERIUM IN 2024

Abstract

Maternal baby blues is a mood disorder that often occurs in postpartum mothers in the 14-day period and worsens in the third and fourth days. The cause of maternal baby blues is not known for certain but it is suspected that the husband's social support factor is a contributing factor to maternal baby blue. The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequency distribution of respondents' characteristics, mothers age, length of marriage, parity history, education history, economic status, and birth history; the independent variable of husband's social support and the dependent variable of maternal baby blues and to determine the relationship between husband's social support and maternal baby blues in postpartum mothers. The sample size of 60 postpartum mothers selected accidental sampling technique. The results of the study showed 29 mothers had low husband support and 33 mothers had baby blues maternal. The results of bivariate analysis using the Chi square test and found a relationship between husband's social support with maternal baby blues with a p-value <0.05 (0.000). Prevention of maternal baby blues can be improved by increasing the social support of mothers' husbands after childbirth so that it does not develop into severe psychological disorders, which will have an impact o n the quality of life of women and their families.