<![CDATA[COVID-19 pandemic threatens the entire population. However, there are special populations such as pregnant women who are predicted to be at higher risk and more susceptible to exposure to infectious diseases. Knowledge and understanding of Covid-19 is very important to be able to deal with the pandemic properly and minimize anxiety coming to health care facilities. Efforts to check pregnancy from every pregnant woman can be achieved if the individual has the motivation to achieve the desired pregnancy target. The purpose of this study was to find out the knowledge and anxiety about COVID-19 among pregnant women and how their motivation is to keep doing prenatal check-ups. This research is a correlational quantitative research with a cross sectional approach. Researchers collaborated with SEKOCI (Sekolah Komplementer Cinta Ibu) to provide online counseling to its members consisting of 69 pregnant women from various cities every 7 days for 1 month, then an evaluation was carried out with an online questionnaire how the knowledge gained, the anxiety that felt and motivated to monitor pregnancy for health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing the relationship of the three variables with multiple linear regression analysis. This study showed that the majority of respondents had good knowledge about COVID-19 (76%), experienced moderate levels of anxiety (69%), and had motivation to monitor pregnancy (93%). Based on the results of the analysis obtained there is a significant relationship between knowledge and motivation (p = 0.039). There is a significant relationship between anxiety and motivation (p=0.004). There is a relationship between knowledge and anxiety with motivation (p=0.004). Pregnant women in Indonesia have good knowledge about COVID-19, their knowledge can reduce anxiety levels and remain motivated to come to health workers to monitor pregnancy.Conclusion: Pregnant women in Indonesia have good knowledge about COVID-19, the knowledge they have that can reduce the number of victims and still have the motivation to come to health workers to do the condition..]]>
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