Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Health and Social Science (WCHSS 2022)

Anxiety Levels of Pregnant Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Authors
Legina Anggraeni1, *, Maryuni1, Lia Nurdini2
1Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Binawan University, Jakarta, Indonesia
2Departement of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: legina@binawan.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Legina Anggraeni
Available Online 14 June 2023.
DOI
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Health and Social Science (WCHSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
14 June 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_10
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_10How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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