The Effectiveness of Hypnotherapy to Reduce Anxiety in Pre-Caesarean Section Women

Background: Anxiety felt by women before delivery with cesarean section can cause psycho­logical problem, increase pain in surgery, analgesic needs, and prolong hospital treatment. Hypnotherapy has minimal side effects is easy to do reducing anxiety. The purpose of this study was analyze the effect hypnotherapy anxiety pre-cesarean section. Subjects Method: This a randomized controlled trial conducted at Karang­anyar Hospital, PKU Muhammadiyah Karanganyar, Central Java, from July August 2019. A sample 60 selected for purposive sampling. 30 subjects treatment group received intervention control standard care. dependent variable independent hypno­therapy. tested Hamilton Rating Scale questionnaire. Hypno­therapy done using hypnosis recording/audio. data were analyzed t test. Results: Mean after (mean = 14.17; SD 4.36) lower than 19.93; 6.02), size -1.09, statistically significant (p <0.001). Conclusion: effective Keywords: anxiety, hypnotherapy, Correspondence:  Rizka Innayatun Mubarokah. Masters Program Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36 A, Surakarta 57126, Java. Email: [email protected].­ Mobile: 082240337404 Journal Maternal Child Health (2020), 5(1): 12-18 https://doi.org/10.26911/thejmch.2020.05.01.02