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DIFFERENCES IN ANXIETY LEVELS OF PRIMIGRAVIDA, MULTIGRAVIDA AND GRANDE MULTIGRAVIDA IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY AT KAMAL HEALTH CENTER – BANGKALAN
Open AccessJournal Type: Research ArticleSubject: Medicine, Health & FoodSubject Field: Advances in Psychology and NeuroscienceVolume:115, Issue: 1, December, 2022Publish Date: 16 December 2022

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Abstract

Background: Anxiety is a mixture of several feelings dominated by fear. Pregnancy is one of the elements that contribute to womens anxiety. Anxiety during pregnancy affects physical and psychological changes. This research aims to compare the anxiety levels of primigravidas, multigravidas, and grande multigravidas during the third trimester of pregnancy at the Kamal Health Center - Bangkalan. Method: This study is a quantitative observational study with a cross-sectional approach. The sample of the study consisted of 46 pregnant women in third trimester or at least 28 weeks of gestational age, who were selected using a non-random sampling group with accidental sampling technique. Data was collected between May and August 2022 in the kamal health center area using the Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revision (PRAQ-R2). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean), Kruskal-Wallis test and Dunn test. Results: The findings revealed that 17 primigravidas, 27 multigravidas, and 2 grande multigravidas reported 34,8% mild anxiety, 63% moderate anxiety, and 2.2% severe anxiety. The Kruskal-Wallis test revealed p value  = 0.034 (< α0.05). The mean value of the Dunn test results is 17.06 for primigravida, 20.75 for grande multigravida, and 27.76 for multigravida. Conclusion: The amount of anxiety differs between primigravida, multigravida, and grande multigravida in the third trimester of pregnancy at the Kamal Health Center - Bangkalan. From the highest to lowest level of anxiety among pregnant women in their third trimester at the Kamal Health Center, Bangkalan is primigravida, grande multigravida and multigravida.

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