Correlation among Puerperium Mother Anxiety with Check-Up Childbed in the Covid-19Pandemic

Abstract

During a pandemic, the spread and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is so fast that it can increase anxiety, mothers and families still have to apply the COVID-19 protocol during the postpartum period. This study aims to determine the correlationship among postpartum (puerperium) anxiety with check-up childbed (postpartum) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The design of this study was analytic with a cross sectional approach. The population of this study were all postpartum mothers who gave birth at the Midwives Independent Practice (PMB) from September to November 2020. Purposive sampling (n = 76), using the HRS-A instrument, univariate and bivariate analysis, statistical tests using Chi squre. The results showed that there was a correlationship among postpartum anxiety with postpartum check-up at PMB (P-value = 0.026). Suggestions are expected that health service providers in hospitals, health centers during the COVID-19 pandemic will provide education on how to reduce anxiety in postpartum postpartum mothers and carry out program visits to patient homes or virtual counseling.