The Analysis of Pregnant Women Anxiety Level During COVID-19 Pandemic Gusriani (a*), Wahida (b), Nur Indah Noviyanti (c), Yuni Retnowati (d), Ika Yulianti (e)
a. Midwifery Department Faculty of Health Sciences Borneo Tarakan University, Indonesia
*rhyagusriani68[at]gmail.com
b. Midwifery Department, STIKes St. Fatimah Mamuju, Indonesia
c. Midwifery Department Faculty of Health Sciences Borneo Tarakan University, Indonesia
d. Midwifery Department Faculty of Health Sciences Borneo Tarakan University, Indonesia
e.Midwifery Department Faculty of Health Sciences Borneo Tarakan University, Indonesia
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered Sars-Cov-2 virus. COVID-19 Pandemic has triggered global uncertainty and has caused anxiety around the world. Anxiety is an emotional state that has characteristics of physiological arousal, a tense feeling that is unpleasant, and an apprehensive feeling that something bad will happen. In pregnant women, hormonal changes experienced will lead to emotional changes and release several reactions, one of which is anxiety. COVID-19 pandemic became accessory stressors for pregnant women. This study aimed to analyze the anxiety level of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was descriptive analytics with a cross-sectional approach and it was conducted from March to April 2020. The respondents were 154 pregnant women from various regions in Indonesia. The result of the study revealed that the majority of respondents were not anxious, amounting to 89 pregnant women (57.8%), the respondents with mild anxiety amounting to 59 pregnant women ( 37.7%), the respondents with moderate anxiety amounting to 5 pregnant women (3.2%) and the respondents with severe anxiety amounting to 2 pregnant women (1.3%). The low anxiety level in pregnant women during the pandemic may be due to more information about the causes, way of transmission, and prevention of Covid-19 massively undertook through various media, and also there was a guarantee of service and availability of health facilities.
