The effect of using pregnancy exercise e-books on pregnant women's knowledge and skills in independent midwife practice

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of E-book media on pregnancy exercise on increasing knowledge and skills of pregnant women regarding pregnancy exercise at the Independent Practice of Midwife S in Bengkulu City. The quantitative research method used a quasi-experimental design with a pretest posttest two group design. The study was conducted at PMB S in Bengkulu City, in July 2023. Sampling used purposive sampling with a sample size of 37 respondents in the experimental group using the E-book pregnancy exercise and 37 respondents in the control group using the pregnancy exercise book. Data analysis used an independent T test for differences between groups and a paired sample T test for differences between groups with SPSS. The results of the study on the knowledge of pregnant women in the group given the E-book showed a greater mean rank than those given the book. The results of the Mann Whitney statistical test obtained a ρ value of 0.000 (p <0.05). This means that the use of the e-book pregnancy exercise increases knowledge of pregnancy exercise at the independent practice of midwife S in Bengkulu City.