International Journal of Public Health Excellence (IJPHE) Vol. 3, No. 1, December 2023, pp. 21~30 Journal Homepage: https://ejournal.ipinternasional.com/index.php/ijphe ISSN: 2809-9826, DOI: 10.55299/ijphe.v3i1.391 Int Jou of PHE  21 The Influence of Finger Grip Relaxation on The Intensity of Perineal Wound Pain During Wound Treatment in Post Partum Mothers at Sundari Hospital Lilis Pujiati 1 , Suherni 2 , Heni Triana 3 1,2,3 Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Flora, Indonesia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received May 10, 2023 Revised May 16, 2023 Accepted May 29, 2023 The delivery process often causes injuries and trauma to the uterine and vaginal areas. Especially those who do vaginal delivery. This wound can cause uncomfortable feelings and also quite severe pain when giving birth to pregnant women. And in order to reduce or overcome this pain, of course there are several ways that can be done to help pregnant women who are in labor so that pain can be overcome during labor. The purpose of this study was to find out and also obtain information and data on how the effect of holding finger relaxation can overcome and become the management of perineal wound pain in postpartum mothers for respondents or informants who control and deliver the process at the Sundari General Hospital. This study used pre and post test systems based on control of groups of respondents or informants in Sundari Public Hospital. In this study, there were 50 postpartum mothers who experienced perineal injuries. From this population the experimental group consisted of 25 people, while the control group also consisted of 25 respondents. For sampling using a purposive sampling technique where the research instrument will use an observation sheet with the NRS pain scale or Numerical Ra Scale as the data to be collected. The data collection will be analyzed using the Mann-Whitney system. And the effect of finger grip relaxation on perineal wound pain in postpartum mothers carried out at Sundari General Hospital can be an application process for mothers who are about to give birth to reduce pain. Keywords: Pregnant Women, Pain, Relaxation Corresponding Author: Lilis Pujiati Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Flora, Indonesia Email: askanashakiyanisa@gmail.com This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike 4.0 International License.. 1. INTRODUCTION The success of the world of health, especially maternal and child health, is considered successful in overcoming these problems in the world of health by looking at the MMR indicator or Maternal Mortality Rate. The MMR is one of the indicators that can show how the world of health is performing, especially in the maternal health sector in Indonesia. The decline in MMR has occurred from 1991 to 2015 which has fallen quite drastically. From 390 to 305 per 100 thousand live births. Even though there is a decreasing trend from year to year, the target of the MDGs is still not achieved where the target set is 102 per 100 thousand per live birth which must be achieved in 2015. The Maternal Mortality Rate was recorded 3 times when compared to the MDGs target [4] Meanwhile in 2013, the Maternal Mortality Rate in Indonesia was caused by 3 aspects consisting of bleeding during the delivery process which reached 30.13% according to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health. Then the second cause is hypertension or high blood pressure which can cause preeclampsia which occurs by 27.1%. The third cause is infection suffered by pregnant women of 7.3% based on data from the Ministry of Health. One of the other causes is prolonged parturition, which has increased from 2010 to 2012. In 2010, 1% of maternal mortality due to parturition was recorded. Then in 2011 it became 1.1%. And in 2012, it rose by 0.7% to 1.8% according to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health.