RATIH PURNAMA SARI MANIK Pengarang

Postpartum blues is a mild disturbance syndrome that often appears in the first week and lasts for several days. One effort to prevent post partum blues is with husband's support. Husband's psychological support is a form or type of support provided by the husband. Research Objective:The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between husband's support and the incidence of postpartum blues. The Method:The design of this research is observational analytic using a cross sectional approach. The sample size was 30 people using inclusion and exclusion criteria. The sample size sampling technique used accidental sampling technique. The research measuring tool used in this research was the husband's support questionnaire sheet which consisted of 16 questions using the Guttman scale and for the incidence of Postpartum Blues using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) checklist sheet. The Result:Based on the results of the chi square test, it shows that there is a relationship between husband's support and the incidence of postpartum blues in the Perbaungan Plus Health Center Work Area in 2024 with a p-value of 0.020 <α 0.05. Conclusion: The results of this study show that the importance of husband's support for postpartum mothers is to minimize the occurrence of postpartum blues.