The Relationship Between Level Of Anxiety of Third Trimester Pregnant Women And Readiness For Labor In Sawit Jaya Village Long Ikis Paser

Abstract

Anxiety is communicated interpersonally and is part of everyday life, generating valuable and important warnings for efforts to maintain self-balance and protect oneself. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the level of anxiety of pregnant women in the third trimester with parturition readiness in sawit Village, Long Ikis district, Paser district in 2021.
 The research design was an analytic survey with a cross-sectional approach. The independent variable was the anxiety of pregnant women in the third trimester, the dependent variable is the readiness of parturition. The population was all pregnant women in sawit Village, Long Ikis district, Paser district as many as 30 pregnant women, with a total sampling technique obtained 30 respondents who were held from February to August 2021. The instruments used were questionnaires and observations (observations). Data analysis using Spearman Rank test.
 The results of statistical tests using Spearman Rank found that the value of count = 0.000 table = 0.01, so H0 was rejected. H1 accepted means that there was a relationship between anxiety in third trimester pregnant women and readiness for parturition. Based on the correlation coefficient, the value of C = 0.817 was obtained, the closeness of the relationship level was very strong. The conclusion that the less anxiety in third-trimester pregnant women, the more prepared pregnant women are to face parturition, namely 3 respondents were very ready. It was expected for family members to get information for preparation for parturition to reduce anxiety levels in pregnant women either through the health center, the media, or from the internet.
 Keywords: Anxiety, Readines for parturition