INCREASING THE WEIGHT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES THORUGH MUROTTAL AL-QUR’AN

PENINGKATKAN BERAT BADAN BAYI LAHIR RENDAH MELALUI MUROTTAL AL-QUR'AN

Abstract

Low birth weight babies are one of the main causes of infant death in the world, especially premature babies, due to the immaturity of various body organ systems. Premature babies require medical procedures and threatments that can stress the baby, so alternative therapy needed that can calm the baby, such as Murottal Al-qur’an therapy. Murottal Al-qur’an therapy is known to make babies calmer and maintain optimal sleep quality. Considering the importance of Murottal Al-qur’an therapy, it is necessary to carry out direct research on the effects of this therapy on increasing the weight of low birth weight babies. This research used a pre-experimental design with a one group pretest-posttest design, samples were taken using a purposive sampling technique of 20 babies who were treated in the baby room of Banjarmasin Hospital, than the data were analyzed using the Independent T test. The results of the study showed that premature babies who received Murottal Al-qur’an therapy for four days experienced an average weight gain of 87.45 grams with p value 0,000, and it can be concluded that Murottal Al-qur’an therapy can increase body weight of low birth weight babies.