THE CORRELATION BETWEEN COVID-19 SCREENING RESULTS WITH ANXIETY LEVEL OF PREGNANT MOTHERS IN TAMBAKBOYO HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

The anxiety of pregnant women has increased during the pandemic, especially when
participating in the Covid-19 Screening in the third trimester as a condition for childbirth. So
this study aims to determine the relationship between the results of Covid-19 screening in
pregnant women and the level of anxiety of pregnant women at the Tambakboyo Health
Center in 2021. The type of research used was analytic with a cross-sectional design. The
population was all pregnant women in the third trimester as many as 85 people. The sample
size was 70 people using the Simple Random Sampling technique. The independent variable
was the results of the Covid-19 Screening in pregnant women and the dependent variable is
the level of anxiety of pregnant women. This study used secondary data, namely the results of
the Rapid test and primary data using an interview guide. The results of the study showed
that the majority (62.9%) of Covid-19 screening results were non-reactive pregnant women.
Almost all (77.1%) pregnant women experienced moderate levels of anxiety and almost all
(79.5%) pregnant women with moderate levels of anxiety obtained the results of the rapid
test, which was non-reactive. The results of the Chi-Square test obtained a p-value = 0.533,
so there was no significant relationship between the results of the Covid-19 Screening in
pregnant women and the level of anxiety of pregnant women. It is hoped that further
researchers will research other factors that affect the level of anxiety of pregnant women
during the pandemic.