Husband Support on Pregnant Mother's Anxiety in Facing Labor During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tamanan Kediri 2022

Abstract

Husband's support is a very important factor in the delivery process, because the husband can foster feelings of confidence and form a strong mentality towards his wife so that anxiety and fear disappear. In addition, cooperation between family and husband in providing good support for pregnant women can also eliminate the worry of pregnant women about the delivery process that will be carried out by pregnant women. The design of this research is correlational analytic. The population in this study were pregnant women in Tamanan Village, Kediri City in May 2022. In this study, the sampling technique used simple random sampling The research instrument is a questionnaire sheet.The results showed that half (50%) of the respondents who received good husband support experienced mild anxiety, namely as many as 6 respondents, almost all (76.92%) who received sufficient husband support experienced moderate anxiety, namely as many as 20 respondents. Based on the results of statistical tests using the Spearman Rank correlation test (Rho) on the husband's support variable (X) and anxiety level (Y) obtained ρ value = 0.002 with a confidence level of α = 0.05, it can be concluded that ρ < α then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, meaning that there is a relationship between husband's support and anxiety levels in third trimester pregnant women. Based on the results of the study, there was an effect of husband's support on the anxiety of pregnant women in the third trimester in facing childbirth during the covid 19 pandemic in Tamanan Village, Kediri City in 2022. Suggestions for research sites to motivate husbands to increase their role psychologically throughout the process experienced by their wives includes pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum to the decision-making process in family planning.

The husband as a labor companion has a good influence on the duration of labor

“…This husband's assistance has a positive impact. It makes the mother feel comfortable and avoids excessive fear during labor (Fitriasnani et al, 2022b). The presence of the husband during the birth process is proven to be able to reduce damaging trauma about childbirth and be able to prevent lousy birth outcomes.…”

“…Women need various kinds of support during labor (Kashanian et al, 2015). This labor support has been shown to improve birth outcomes, provide psychological benefits for the mother, and affect the newborn's health (Fitriasnani et al, 2022a). Psychological support is an essential part of labor, as the mother's psychological state can significantly influence the process and outcome of childbirth (Morhason-Bello et al, 2019).…”

“…There is limited research on the benefits of accompanying husbands during childbirth in Indonesia. A limited amount of research has been conducted on the impact of satisfaction during labor and reduced anxiety levels (Fitriasnani et al, 2022b;Marcelina et al, 2019). This research is essential as educational material for husbands to be able to carry out their duties during childbearing.…”