Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh terapi pijat terhadap beratbadan dan lama rawat BBLR yang menjalani perawatan di ruangan perinatologi.Disain penelitian ini adalah quasi experiment nonequivalent control group,before-after design. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 27 bayi, diambil secara consecutivesampling. Hasil penelitian adalah terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna rata-ratapeningkatan berat badan pada kelompok kontrol dan intervensi (p=0,039<0,05);tidak terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna rata-rata lama rawat pada kelompokkontrol dan intervensi (p=0,795>0,05). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa jeniskelamin mempunyai hubungan yang bermakna terhadap peningkatan berat badan;usia gestasi, umur, berat lahir, dan jenis kelamin, mempunyai hubungan yangbermakna terhadap lama rawat. Peneliti merekomendasikan penelitian lanjuttentang pengaruh terapi pijat dengan desain yang berbeda.

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The research aimed to identify the effect of massage therapy to body weight and

the length of stay of baby with low birth weight in Neonatal room. The design was

quasi experiment non equivalent control group, before and after design. The

amount of sample are 27 by using consecutive sampling .The result of this

research that there was significant mean difference of weight gain in control group

and intervention group (p=0,039<0,05); there was no significant length of stay

mean’s difference between control group and intervention group (p=0,795>0,05).

The result analysis show that there was significant correlation between sex and

weight gain , and corelation between gestation age, baby’s age, weight at birth,

and sex to the length of stay. The researcher recommended the continuity research

about the effect of baby massage therapy with various design.