Anxiety Levels of Pregnant Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_10How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Anxiety Levels; Pregnant Women; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Pandemic
- Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about mental changes for every human being, including pregnant women worldwide. Anxiety will impact the mother and the growth and development of the fetus she is carrying. This study aimed to identify pregnant women’s anxiety levels and the risk factors that can cause anxiety in pregnant women during the covid-19 pandemic. Methods. This study uses a quantitative approach. Settings. The location of this research is Jakarta, with a population of all pregnant women in the area. The sample of this study was pregnant women who made antenatal care visits at the independent midwife practice, with a large sample of 223 people. The sampling technique used is non-probability sampling (accidental sampling) Designs. This study used a cross-sectional study design. Results. This study’s results indicate that most mothers experience mild anxiety, 38.6% of pregnant women who experience severe anxiety 17.5%, pregnant women who experience severe anxiety 9% and those who experience very severe anxiety or panic, 3.6% Conclusions. Many factors cause anxiety in pregnant women during the transition to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as maternal characteristics (age, education, and occupation) and obstetric characteristics (gestational age, gravida, and parity).
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TY - CONF AU - Legina Anggraeni AU - Maryuni AU - Lia Nurdini PY - 2023 DA - 2023/06/14 TI - Anxiety Levels of Pregnant Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic BT - Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Health and Social Science (WCHSS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 72 EP - 78 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_10 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_10 ID - Anggraeni2023 ER -