Hubungan Pengetahuan Ibu Nifas Tentang Personal Hygiene Dengan Penyembuhan Luka Perineum Di Praktek Bidan Diana Eva Kecamatan Medan Perjuangan Tahun 2023

Title : The Relationship between Postpartum Mothers' Knowledge About Personal Hygiene and Healing Perineal Wounds in the Practice of Midwife Diana Eva, District Medan of Struggle in 2023
Background: Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 90% of normal births experience perineal tears either spontaneously or with an episiotomy. Throughout the world, perineal tears occur in almost 2.7 million cases in women giving birth. This figure will continue to increase to 6.3 million in 2024, if it does not receive good attention and handling. In Asian countries, the incidence of perineal lacerations is a fairly high problem in society.
Method: The method used in this research is quantitative with a cross sectional research design. The population in this study was all 32 postpartum mothers. The sampling technique uses the total sample.
Results: Based on using the Chi Square test, Pvalue = 0.000 (<0.05), meaning that there is a relationship between knowledge and perineal wound healing, Pvalue=0.03 (<0.05), meaning that there is a relationship between personal
hygiene and perineal wound healing.
Conclusion: in this study it was found that there was a relationship between knowledge about personal hygiene and healing of peineal wounds in postpartum mothers.
Keywords: Perineal Wound Healing, Knowledge, Personal Hygiene