Jurnal Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023): July

Telehealth relaxation, is it really can decrease the level of anxiety for pregnant women during the pandemic COVID-19?

Yuliasti Eka Purnamaningrum (Jurusan Kebidanan Poltekkes Kemenkes Yogyakarta)
Yuni Kusmiyati (Poltekkes Kemenkes Yogyakarta)
Sri Sumarni (Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang)
Vajee Petphong (Mahidol University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Oct 2023

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on human survival. As an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, WHO recommends temporarily stopping activities that have the potential to cause crowds. Although pregnancy is generally believed to be an exciting time for most women, some women experience various negative emotions during pregnancy that cause anxiety and depression. Increased symptoms of depression and anxiety can harm pregnant women and developing fetuses. The current COVID-19 pandemic is a stressor with potentially far-reaching consequences for pregnancy and its later phases. This study aims to determine the effect of relaxation through telehealth on the anxiety of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sampling technique used a purposive sampling of 20 pregnant women as the subject. The instruments used in this study were a zoom application for the implementation of telehealth relaxation and an anxiety questionnaire from the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS). The analysis used the Wilcoxon test. The bivariate analysis of the pre-test and post-test values showed p-value = 0.000 (p < 0.05). There is a significant effect of telehealth relaxation on the anxiety of pregnant women.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kia

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Jurnal Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak particularly focuses on the main problems in the development of the sciences of midwifery areas. It covers the Antenatal Care, Intranatal and Newborn Baby Care, Postnatal and Breastfeeding Care, Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Maternal and Neonatal Emergency ...