KECEMASAN IBU HAMIL TENTANG PELAYANAN ANTENATAL CARE DI ERA PANDEMI COVID-19

The provision of maternal services during the pandemic needs to be a concern to avoid an increase in
maternal morbidity and mortality, especially at this time there are restrictions on maternal health
services in the form of anxiety during pregnancy during the Covid19 pandemic. The type of research used
in this study is descriptive which aims to determine the anxiety of pregnant women about ante natal care
services in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic at the Bandar Khalipah Health Center in 2020. The
population in this study were all pregnant women who did ANC checks in the Bandar Khalipah Health
Center area. The sampling technique used in this study was accidental sampling (sampling when the
study was conducted) totaled 34 people. The results of the study found that the majority of respondents
had mild anxiety (44%) about Ante Natal Care services in the Covid-19 pandemic era. From the results
of this study, pregnant women should seek correct information about safe pregnancy during the Covid-19
pandemic so that they can change the anxiety of pregnant women about Ante Natal Care services in the
Covid-19 pandemic era assisted by health workers in health education activities.