1Midwifery Department of Health, Polytechnic of Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
*Corresponding author: Gusti Ayu Marhaeni E-mail: gamarhaeni@yahoo.com
Online published on 29 May, 2018.
Pregnant women who are less physically active tend to have an prolonged labor that increases the risk of maternal and fetal death
To determine the influence of yoga pregnancy guidance to knowledge, attitudes and skills of pregnant women in implementing yoga.
Pre-experimental research design of one group pretest-posttest design and use Purposive sampling technique, has been conducted on 30 respondents. Knowledge and attitude variables were measured using a questionnaire, skills observed by observation sheets. Statistical test using Wilcoxon test.
This study noted that knowledge increased in the first post test counted 24 people (p value ≤ 0.001) and knowledge increased in the second post test as many as 28 people (p value ≤ 0.001). The attitudes of pregnant women increased in the first post test by 14 people (p value ≤ 0.001) and the attitude increased in the second post test by 24 people (p value ≤ 0.001). Maternal skills improved in the first post test of 16 people (p value ≤ 0.001) and skills increased in the second post test by 30 people (p value ≤ 0.001).
There are significant influence of yoga pregnancy guidance on knowledge, attitudes and skills of pregnant women in implementing yoga
Guidance, yoga, pregnant women, knowledge, attitude, skills
