PENGARUH KELAS IBU HAMIL TERHADAP KECEMASAN IBU PRIMIGRAVIDA

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The level of anxiety greatly affects the welfare of pregnant women and the fetus. There are various ways to reduce anxiety, among others by providing information or knowledge to mothers through classes of pregnant women. This study aims to determine the influence of the class of pregnant women on the anxiety of primigravida mothers at the Dolok Masihul Health Center, Serdang Bedagai Regency in 2021. The research method is quantitative in the form of a quasi-experimental design using a none-equivalent control group design. The study population was all primigravida pregnant women in the dolok health center working area as many as 46 people. The study sample used purposive sampling of 30 people. The results of the study using the Wilcoxon test obtained p-value of 0.001 (intervention group) and p-value of 0.083 (control group). The conclusion is that there is an effect of the class of pregnant women on the anxiety of primigravida mothers in the intervention group. It is hoped that health workers, especially midwives, will introduce the concept of pregnant women's class activities to the community and the benefits obtained by pregnant women while attending pregnant women's classes and improve the quality of class implementation for pregnant women so that the motivation of the community, especially pregnant women, is higher to participate in class activities for pregnant women in the work area of the Dolok Masihul Health Center.