MATERNAL KNOWLEDGE AND PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY BEFORE CESAREAN DELIVERY

Abstract

Mothers who undergo childbirth by cesarean section often experience anxiety because surgery is a potential and actual threat to personal integrity that can provoke physiological and psychological stress reactions. One of the factors that affect this anxiety is the mother's level of knowledge. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between knowledge and maternal anxiety pre-operative sectio caesarea in the Maternity Room of RSKD Mother and Child Mother Makassar. The research method used an analytical survey design with a cross-sectional approach. The population and sample totaled 20 respondents who were taken by total sampling technique. Data were collected using a knowledge questionnaire and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRS-A) on November 17–25, 2020, then analyzed using the chi-square test through the SPSS version 22 program. The results showed that most of the respondents had little knowledge (55.0%) and experienced mild to moderate anxiety (45.0% each). The results of the chi-square test obtained a value of p = 0.003 (< 0.05), so that Ha was accepted. The conclusion of this study is that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and maternal anxiety preoperative sectio caesarea. The better the mother's knowledge, the lower her anxiety level. Therefore, the provision of pre-operative health counseling and education is important to increase knowledge and reduce maternal anxiety in facing childbirth