Abstract
Women are more at risk to stress in pregnancy than during the puerperium. One method of coping with stress is through physical exercise. Maryam Exercise can be used as an alternative to the development of pregnancy exercises in Indonesia because it covers the holistic aspects and easy to do. It is a combination of basic pregnancy exercises, Islamic prayer (Salat) movements and dhikr. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Maryam exercise on the stress levels and cortisol serum levels among primiparous pregnant women. This study used a quasi-experimental study design, pre-test and post-test with non-equivalent control group. In the third trimester of 40 primiparous women were randomly assigned into two groups such the experimental group (n=20) and the control group (n=20). The experimental group received the Maryam exercise while the control group received the standard antenatal exercise. There was a significant difference in stress levels between the intervention group and the control group before and after receiving the intervention (p <0.05). The cortisol levels also showed the significance difference between the intervention group and the control group before and after receiving the intervention (p <0.05). The findings of this study suggest that Maryam Exercise has a positive impact on stress levels and cortisol serum levels of primiparous pregnant women.
Highlights
The stress level of a pregnant woman has the potential to increase during gestational age period
This study aimed to examine the impact of Maryam exercise on the stress levels and cortisol serum levels among primiparous pregnant women
Impact of Maryam exercise on the stress levels in pregnant women This study generally showed that the intervention of the Maryam exercise had a beneficial effect on pregnant women
Summary
The stress level of a pregnant woman has the potential to increase during gestational age period. Primigravida mothers experience many changes during pregnancy, causing an increase in perceived stress [2]. High perceived stress will activate the nervous system and hormones that increasing the risk for third trimester pregnant women to experience depression due to inflammation [5]. Even though pregnant women have been exposed to the health care system, stress detection and treatment is still a problem [6]. This is because stress during pregnancy is rarely measured so the level of stress and its effects on the mother and fetus are unknown [7]. Pregnant women often not realize the symptoms of stress and consider it a normal condition [8]
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