The correlation among pregnant woman's education level with knowledge and behaviour on readiness toward COVID-19 pandemic.

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant woman were a particular group who had a high risk and vulnerable spread by a coronavirus. So that, knowledge and behaviour might have an impact on a woman's health during their pregnancy. This study aims to determine the relationship between pregnant woman's educational level with knowledge and behaviour towards their readiness in facing COVID-19 pandemic in two regions in Aceh (North Aceh and Pidie). The type of research used a quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique was a snowball sampling with a sample size of 138 pregnant women selected as respondents. Data were collected by using an online questionnaire and was conducted from June to July 2020. The questionnaire was arranged by researcher with expert judgement validity. The chi-square test was used for data analysis with PSPP. The result showed that there was a significant correlation between pregnant woman's education level and knowledge of pregnant women's readiness on facing COVID-19 pandemic (p = .000), and there was a significant correlation between pregnant woman's education's level and behaviour of pregnant woman readiness on facing COVID-19 pandemic (p = .000). Therefore, to have successful pregnancies, it is hoped that the family and the government support adequate health services for pregnant women's readiness to face COVID-19 pandemic.