PENGARUH STRATEGI MEKANISME KOPING TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA IBU PRIMIGRAVIDA DI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DI MEDAN TAHUN 2019

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The first pregnancy for a primigravid mother is one of the crisis periods in her life. Anxiety can arise in pregnant women because of the long period while waiting for birth and shadows about things that are frightening during childbirth, although not necessarily happen. This situation caused a drastic change, not only physical but also psychological. To deal with these anxiety needed a good coping mechanism, in reducing these worries or anxieties. The more adaptive the coping mechanism of pregnant women the lower the level of psychological disorders, but if the mechanism of the sufferer is maladaptive, the level of psychological disorders will be more severe. This study aims to describe the influence of coping mechanism strategies on anxiety levels in Primigravida mothers. The study was conducted in April 2018 at the Indonesian Labor Imelda Hospital Medan in 2018. The type of research used was a pre-experimental design with a one-shoot case study approach. The population in this study was 80 people. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling with a total sample of 30 people. Statistical analysis used the chi square test. The results of the bivariate analysis showed that the coping mechanism strategy on anxiety levels in primigravida mothers obtained p value of 0,000 p value = 0,000 <0.05 can be interpreted that HA was accepted to have an influence between coping mechanism strategies with anxiety levels in primigravida mothers at Worker Imelda General Hospital Indonesia Medan in 2019. There is an influence of coping mechanism strategies on the level of anxiety in primigravida mothers in the general hospital of Indonesian workers in Medan in 2019, it is expected that pregnant women can manage their coping well in order to reduce the level of anxiety in pregnant women.