Differences in the Level of Anxiety of Pregnant Women in the Third Trimester in facing Their Delivery Prenatal Yoga

Abstract

The Maternal Mortality Rate in Bali Province in 2019 was 67.6 per 100,000 live births and in 2020 it has increased to 83.8 per 100,000 live births. Psychological changes that occur in pregnant women often cause anxiety, especially in third trimester pregnant women. Pregnant women who experience excessive anxiety will have a negative impact so it can trigger uterine contractions. It is proven that anxiety in pregnancy can be reduced through physical exercise, one of which is yoga. Yoga in pregnancy is more effective in reducing anxiety, because in yoga besides doing physical exercises pregnant women are equipped with positive affirmations so that mothers can accept physiological changes during pregnancy and childbirth. This writing aims to determine the difference in the level of anxiety of third trimester pregnant women in dealing with labor given prenatal yoga at the Pratama Agung Medika Clinic. Using a quasi-experimental design with a one groups pretest-posttest design, it was carried out in February-April 2023. Respondents in this writing were 33 pregnant women in their third trimester who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Retrieval of data in this writing using a questionnaire to determine the level of anxiety of pregnant women. The results of this study indicate a significance level of α 0.05 with a p value <0.001. Value (Z count) -4.583 > (Z table) 1.96. This means that h₀ is rejected and H_a is accepted or there are differences in the level of anxiety in third trimester pregnant women before and after prenatal yoga.