Husband and Healthcare Provider Support Toward the Prenatal Anxiety in Indonesia

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Keywords

Husband Support; Spouse Support; Healthcare Provider Support; Anxiety; Pregnancy

Abstract

Background: Pregnant mother experienced different level of anxiety in each trimester. The anxiety became higher in the last semester where the time closed to the delivery. Social support was important to decrease anxiety level. The social support could origin from the spouse also healthcare providers in the maternal clinic.

Aim: This study aimed to explore the association between husband and healthcare providers support with prenatal anxiety level in Indonesia.

Methods: This study was quantitative study used cross sectional approach. The sampling used consecutive sampling with total of 155 pregnant mothers. The instruments used were 2 self-developed questionnaires (husband support questionnaire and healthcare providers support questionnaire), and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS).

Results: The level of husband support were majority in low level, while the majority of healthcare providers provide high support. Level of anxiety of pregnant mother related to the childbirth process were at the moderate level (58 (37.4%)). Sommer’s-d test showed that support from husband and healthcare providers were associated with the anxiety level. The lower husband’s and healthcare providers’ support for mother produce higher anxiety (r = −0.470, p < .05; r = −0.765, p < .05).

Conclusion: Husband support was important to decrease anxiety of pregnancy woman in Indonesia. In addition, healthcare providers at the clinic also took the vital role in improving the prenatal anxiety. Further education from healthcare providers to the husband related to the delivery process will be helpful to improve their knowledge and skill in managing the prenatal anxiety of their spouse. Encouraging husband during maternal examination and health education would be an upstanding effort to improve their involvement to decrease prenatal anxiety.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nur Fithriyanti Imamah
AU  - Anggi Imroatus Solihah
AU  - Septi Rahayu Wijayanti
AU  - Yanuan Ben Olina
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/19
TI  - Husband and Healthcare Provider Support Toward the Prenatal Anxiety in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Lawang Sewu International Symposium 2022 on Health Sciences (LSISHS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 416
EP  - 424
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-132-6_47
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-132-6_47
ID  - Imamah2023
ER  -