THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARITY AND ANXIETY LEVELS IN THIRD TRISMESTER PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

Background: Anxiety is a state of feeling in which an individual feels weak and therefore is not brave or able to act and behave rationally as they should. Untreated anxiety disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period can pose significant risks to the unborn fetus and impair the mother's ability to properly care for her newborn child. Object: To determine the relationship between parity and anxiety levels in pregnant women in the third trimester at TPMB Affa Fahmi Surabaya. Method This research is a quantitative study using an analytical research method with a cross-sectional study approach. The sample size of 30 pregnant women. The sampling technique used pnon-probability sampling with the type of total sampling. The research instrument used was a questionnaire on anxiety employing the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (ZSAS). The data analysis technique in this study was univariate and bivariate analysis using SPSS with the chi-square test. Results: Almost all (82.3%) third-trimester primigravida pregnant women experienced mild anxiety, and the majority (75%) of third-trimester multigravida pregnant women did not experience anxiety. The Chi-Square test result shows a P-value of 0.001, which is less than 0.005, so H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, indicating that there is a relationship between parity and the level of anxiety in third-trimester pregnant women at TPMB Affa Fahmi. Conclusion: There is a Relationship Between Parity and Anxiety Levels in Third Trimester Pregnant Women at TPMB Affa Fahmi Surabaya.