Application of Antenatal Service Standards During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
Nur Indah Noviyanti (a*), Anjar Tri Astuti (b), Suriani (c), Nuryaqin(d), SittiMukarramah(e), Jumrah (f)

a) Midwifery Departement Faculty Of Health Science Borneo Tarakan University, Indonesia. *nurindahnoviyanti[at]yahoo.co.id
b) Ganesha University Of Education
c) Midwifery Department, Health Polytechnic Makassar, Indonesia
d) Midwifery Department, Minasa Upa Midwifery Academy Makassar, Indonesia
e) Midwifery Department, Health Polytechnic Makassar, Indonesia
f) Midwifery Department, Mega Rezky University Makassar, Indonesia

Abstract

Antenatal care services are health services served comprehensively and regularly to maintain and enhance the health status of pregnant women, as well as to reduce mortality and morbidity. The antenatal services provided include anamnesis, laboratory examinations, and education based on the needs of pregnant women. Antenatal services during the COVID-19 period, there was conformity of services, one of which was antenatal services. The results showed that changes in antenatal services which follow the prevention and transmission of COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to analyze the performance of midwives on antenatal care services in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. This type of research is descriptive-analytic with a cross-sectional approach. This research was conducted in March-May 2020 with 174 midwives who carried out antenatal services during the COVID-19 period in several regions in Indonesia. The results illustrated that as many as 87 midwives (50%) complied with the prevention and transmission of COVID-19, for Integrated Antenatal Care (ANC) service standards carried out during the COVID-19 period, 126 midwives (72.4%) obeyed the ANC service standards, and 48 (27, 6%) midwives did not adhere ANC service standards. In case of the motivation of midwives in providing ANC services, 90 midwives (51.7%) had good motivation to work, while as many as 84 (48.3%) midwives had poor work motivation. The results of the bivariate analysis showed that there was no significant relationship between the motivation of midwives (p = 0.129) with the principles of prevention and transmission of COVID-19, while the motivation of midwives (p = 0.008) had a significant relationship with the implementation of ANC service standards carried out by midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19. The conclusion in this study is that most midwives in Indonesia continue to implement ANC service standards during the COVID-19 pandemic, which are built on the motivation of midwives to work.

Keywords: Antenatal Care, Prevention of COVID-19, Motivation, Midwives

Topic: Maternal, neonatal, and child health