pengaruh teknik Slow Deep Breathing untuk mengurangi kecemasan pada akseptor kb suntik di puskesmas karang rejo tahun 2024
Family planning is a program that helps families plan the number and spacing of children they have, and is a form of strategy that supports the acceleration of reducing the maternal mortality rate (MMR). The contraceptive method most popular with WUS in Indonesia is the hormonal method, namely injectable contraception. One of the obstacles often experienced by Aksepto Kb injections is anxiety that arises before the injection is carried out. One way to reduce anxiety before an injection is with the Slow Deep Breathing Technique. Slow Deep Breathing is a non-pharmacological action in the form of breathing exercises that are done slowly and deeply. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of giving the Slow Deep Breathing Technique to reduce the anxiety of KB injection acceptors at the Karang Rejo Community Health Center in 2024. This research method is quantitative research with a research design using a quasi-experimental method (quasi experiment) without pre-test and post-test control (self-control) with a sample of 67 respondents. The anxiety measuring tool uses the HARS scale. Data analysis was carried out using the Wilcoxon test. Results: anxiety before the Slow Deep Breathing intervention was at an anxiety score of 14-20, as many as 67 (100%) respondents were in the mild anxiety category. After the intervention, the average anxiety score was in the not anxious category, namely 14 with 59 (88.1%) and 8 (11.9%) mildly anxious. There is a significant effect of Slow Deep Breathing on reducing the anxiety of injectable Kb acceptors (p value 0.001) where the value is smaller than the specified significance level, namely α = 0.05, this shows that Ho is rejected. So there is an influence of giving the Slow Deep Breathing Technique on the Anxiety Level of KB Injection Acceptors at the Karang Rejo Community Health Center in 2024