Difference in Sleep Quality Between Infants Aged 3-6 Months With Baduta Massage Stimulation and Infant Massage: Experiment Study

Introduction: Infant massage is one of the non-pharmacological treatments for sleep issues. This study aimed to determine differences in the quality of sleep between infants aged 3-6 months with Baduta Massage Stimulation and Infant Massage at the East Jakarta Independent Midwife Practice. Materials and methods: This was a quantitative interventional/experimental study using two group pretest-post test design conducted from November 7 to November 28, 2022. The study samples were 140 infants aged 3-6 months recorded of age who were assigned into Intervention Group Baduta massage stimulation group consisted of 70 infants and Control group the Infant massage group consisted of 70 infants. The study samples were selected using nonprobability sampling with purposive sampling technique. Uji statisticians Wilcoson, Uji Mann Witney dan uji Chi- Square. Results: The intervention group's sleep quality compared to the control group with a p value of <0.00) has the difference result where as many as 64 respondents (91.42%) within the intervention group had less sleep quality than in the control group as many as 68 respondents (97.14%). A relative risk score (RR) of 0.921 means that infants who received massage in the control group were 0.921 many times more likely to sleep quality than infants in the intervention group who were given Baduta massage stimulation. Conclusion: Babies who received massage in the control group had 0.921 times the likelihood of sleep quality than babies in the intervention group who were given Baduta massage stimulation. Baby massage and Baduta Massage Stimulation can improve the quality of children's sleep so that it can be used as a daily child care practice.