Hubungan Kesehatan Mental dengan Maternal Functioning pada Ibu Postpartum

The occurrences of mental health due to the postpartum anxiety, depression and stress in Asia had been considered to be relatively high with the avarage of between 26-85%. In Indonesia, the cases were even higher where it they were found in 50-70% of postpartum mothers. Maternal functioning during the postpartum period is a multidimensional concept that includes personal care, infant and family care, and social and occupational activities. In this case, the poor capacity of mothers to do their new roles as mothers will cause fear and difficulties which will affect the caring of their baby. Therefore, the major purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between mental health and maternal functioning in postpartum mothers. The methodological approach used in this study was observational analytic by using across sectional approach. The samples of this study were postpartum mothers who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria with a total sample selected of 100 samples. The primary data of this research were taken from the provided questionnaires given to the samples of this research, while the secondary research data were gained from the medical records of the patients. The data were further analyzed by using the Chi-Square test. The findings of this study indicated that there was a significant relationship between anxiety and maternal functioning with the p value of (p = 0.040). In contrast, there were no relationships between maternal functioning and the variables of depression (p = 1,000) and stress (p = 0.063). Therefore, as a conclusion, while significant relationships between anxiety and maternal functioning were found, it was apparent that there was no significant relationship between maternal functioning in postpartum mothers and the level of depression and stress on mothers