DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA AS FAMILY ASSISTANCE TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE

Background: Pregnancy is a physiological or natural condition that can occur physical and emotional changes. One way to improve the quality of life (QOL) is with family assistance. Interactive learning media is a learning method based on information and communication technology. Objective:To analyze the quality of life of pregnant women who are given interactive media as family assistance. Method: Quasi Experimental research design with Non-equivalent pre-test and post-test control group design. The quality of life instrument used in this study uses WHOQOL-Bref which consists of 26 questions with a Likert scale. Samples were taken by purposive sampling as many as 108 pregnant women who were divided into 2 intervention and control groups spread across at works area of Sleman Primary Health Centre. Results: The average increase in QOL for pregnant women in the intervention group was 1.74 and in the control group the average increase in QOL for pregnant women was 0.65. Mann-Whitney statistical test 0.025 (