Diferences In The Anxiety Of Third Trimester Pregnant Women Before And After The Combination Of Emotional Freedom Technique And Lemon Aromatherapy (Citrus limon l.)

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Background: In Indonesian, there are 247 primigravida mothers, namely 17% of pregnant women are not anxious, 21.05% of pregnant women are mildly anxious, 32.8% of pregnant women are moderately anxious, and 29.15% of pregnant women are severely anxious. There are 260 multigravida mothers, 53.85% of pregnant women are not anxious, 18.85% of pregnant women are mildly anxious, 10.77% of pregnant women are moderately anxious, 10.38% of pregnant women are severely anxious, and 6.15% of pregnant women are severely anxious. Anxiety during pregnancy is caused by increased estrogen and progesterone hormones, leading to frequent emotional changes. This can affect the mother's well-being and fetal development.There are several non-pharmacological therapies to reduce feelings of anxiety, such as Emotional Freedom Technique and lemon aromatherapy.Method: The research method used a pre-experimental design with 22 third-trimester pregnant women selected by purposive sampling. The data collected were primary data using the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS). Result: Data analysis showed that before the intervention, anxiety scores ranged from 21 to 30, with an average of 24.65. After the intervention, the minimum and maximum scores decreased to 9-21, with an average of 14.77. Bivariate analysis with a Paired t-Test showed a significant difference (t =19.805, ρ =0.000, α <0.05).Conclusion: This study indicates a difference in anxiety levels in third-trimester pregnant women before and after the combination of EFT and lemon aromatherapy. This intervention is recommended for third-trimester pregnant women as a non-pharmacological method to reduce anxiety. Future researchers are encouraged to add a control group for comparison.

Key words: anxiety, third trimester pregnant women, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), lemon aromatherapy