The Effectiveness of Educational Video ”sahabat Ibu Hamil” on Self Efficacy of Pregnant Women to Overcome Emesis Gravidarum

Introduction: Emesis gravidarum (nausea and vomiting) are the most common discomforts in the first trimester of pregnancy and affect 70% of pregnant women. Some pregnant women (46.7%) have negative behavior to overcome emesis gravidarum, which means they have not been able to overcome the emesis that occurs to them. Untreated emesis gravidarum will progress to hyperemesis gravidarum which can endanger maternal health and fetal development. One of the most important things in person's healthy behavior is self-efficacy. Self-efficacy can be formed through verbal persuasion to convince individuals that they are capable of achieving certain results. The video “sahabat ibu hamil” is an educational media for pregnant women that applies the principles of verbal persuasion in an effort to strengthen the confidence of pregnant women to be able to implement healthy behavior to overcome emesis gravidarum. Objectives: Analyzing the effectiveness of the video "Sahabat Ibu Hamil" on the self-efficacy of pregnant women to overcome emesis gravidarum. Method: This research used Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design. The research was carried out in the working areas of the Sukajadi, Pasirkaliki and Sukarasa Community Health Centers and the Practice of Independent Midwives in Bandung City. The population in the study were all pregnant women in Bandung City. The sample was 37 pregnant women in accordance with the inclusion criteria, both in the intervention group and the control group. Sample size formula in this research used numerical categorical unpaired. The data obtained was primary data from a questionnaire assessment regarding self-efficacy to overcome emesis (nausea/vomiting). The Wilcoxon test was used to analyzed the difference in scores before and after the intervention group. Paired t-test was used to analyzed differences in scores before and after education in the control group. The Mann Whitney test was used to analyzed the differences in scores between the two group Result: The results of the study showed that there was a significant differences in the self-efficacy of pregnant women to overcome nausea and vomiting before and after providing education in both the intervention and control groups. The video "Sahabat Ibu Hamil" is effective in increasing the self-efficacy of pregnant women to overcome emesis (nausea/vomiting), this can be seen as an increase in self-efficacy in the intervention group which is higher compared to the control group. Conclusion: The video "Sahabat Ibu Hamil" can be used as an alternative educational media of health promotion for pregnant women to overcome emesis gravidarum (nausea/vomiting).