Objectives: For decades, scholars have debated the benefits of exercise during pregnancy. Birthing ball exercise is the latest among the antenatal exercises which pregnant women commonly perform in Indonesia. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate whether pelvic rocking exercise using the birth ball is effective in correcting the fetal lie, presentation, and attitude in the late third trimester of pregnancy. Materials and Methods: To this end, pregnant women (n=114) enjoying the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into intervention (who were assigned to perform pelvic rocking using the birth ball) and control (without exercise) groups. Fetal lie, attitude, and presentation before and after the trials were determined in both groups by performing the abdominal palpation of Leopold’s maneuver. Results: Based on the results, the intervention group showed a higher proportion of fetus with flexed attitude (P<0.001) as compared to the control group. In addition, 49.1% of women in the intervention group indicated longitudinal lie compared to 29.8% of those in the control groups (P<0.001). Finally, 56 out of 57 women in the intervention group demonstrated head presentation whereas only 45 out of 57 women in the control group showed the same presentation (P<0.01). Conclusions: Overall, it is suggested that pelvic rocking exercises using the birth balls are useful for maintaining lies, fetal attitudes, and presentations and thus it is worth recommending for pregnant women.
INTRODUCTIONPerimenopause, that so-called menopausal transition, is defined as the period (2-8 years) preceding menopause and the one-year period after final menses, resulting from the loss of ovarian follicular activity.1 [The loss of ovarian follicular activity causing some biological changes including the decrease in circulating estrogen levels. Estrogen deficiency accounts for irregular menstruation, diminished vaginal lubrication, changes in the vascular, muscular, and urogenital systems, and also alterations in mood, sleep, and cognitive functioning, influencing sexual function both directly and indirectly. Among postmenopausal women both physiological and psychological changes above significantly associated with changes in sexual desire that lead to decreased sexual satisfaction.3 There are at least six types of menopausal symptoms that usually associated with the decrease in women's quality of life including vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes), sleep disturbances, psychological symptoms (depressive symptoms, anxiety, and mood disturbances) urogenital problems (urinary incontinence and vaginal atrophy), sexual function effects (dyspareunia and decreased libido), and muscular and joint problems. The prevalence of female's sexual function disorder, in fact, vary between countries because of many factors that influence. Nevertheless the prevalence of female's sexual dysfunction (FSD) increased significantly with age 5 and ABSTRACT Background: It was well known that physiological, psychological, as well as sociocultural are the factors that contribute to female sexual dysfunction. This study aimed to find out whether sexual function of women at perimenopausal age correlated with their ontogenetic factors, such as the age at menarche and parity. Methods: Women (n=80) from nine villages in district of Lampung Tengah, Lampung Province, Indonesia aged 40-50 years who meet inclusion criteria participated in the study. Predesigned questionnaire was used to assess sociodemographic characteristics, and the female sexual function index (FSFI) was used to score sexual function of the respondents.Results: None of the 80 respondents smoke, consumes alcohol, and has medical records. Based on the FSFI scores, except for one participant, all respondents suffered from sesual dysfunction with the average of total score 18.77. By using median score (18.52) the respondents were dichotomized into two categories, high and low sexual dysfunction. The results of Chi-square analysis and logistic regression showed that respondents with the characteristics of age at menarche <15 years and parity >4 children have better sexual-quality in comparison to those with the age at menarche >15 years and the parity <4 children. Conclusions: It can be concluded that early menarche and high parity might contributed to better sexual-quality of life in perimenopausal women.
Anxiety in pregnancy is commonly the result of certain concerns regading the health condition of the fetus and the delivery process. It is estimated that 10% to 55.7% of pregnant women experience mild to severe anxiety. Autogenic relaxation is one type of non-pharmacological therapy to relieve anxiety symptoms. The current study aims to find out the effect of autogenic relaxation on the anxiety among pregnant women in the work area of Trimulyo CHC, East Lampung Regency. This was a quasiexperimental study with a non-randomized control group pretest-postest design. The populations were pregnant women in the third trimester. 20 samples were assigend into the intervention group and the control group, which involved 10 pregnant women, respectively. Anxiety was assessed based on Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionere-Revision2 (PRAQ-R2). The results from paired t-test presented that the mean anxiety before autogenic relaxation in the intervention and control group was 36.10±4.581 and 35.80±4.709, respectively. After autogenic relaxation, the mean anxiety was 24.00±2.108 and 35.90±4.067, respectively. It was found a significant difference in the mean anxiety after treatment between the two groups (p-value=0.000) by -11.90±1.449. Thus, autogenic relaxation had an effect on the anxiety among pregnant women. Autogenic relaxation application as non-pharmacological therapy is recommended to relieve anxiety in pregnant women.
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