Gaceta Sanitaria (Jan 2021)

Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia

  • Retno Widowati,
  • Rini Kundaryanti,
  • Destia Ayuwan Julian,
  • Albiruni Raushanfikri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.12.011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35
pp. S38 – S41

Abstract

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Objective: To identify factors related to the stress levels among pregnant women in Indonesia. Method: The study was used cross sectional design. The participants were 92 pregnant women who worked at a footwear manufacturer at Banten, Indonesia. Half of the participants worked less than 40 h per week and the other half worked 40 h or more per week. A test instrument to measure stress in pregnant women was developed and conducted in this study. Dependent and independent factors were analyzed by the chi-square test. Results: Our results showed that 59.78% of respondents had their gestational age was more than 31 weeks; 53.00% of workers experienced moderate stress; and as many 53.26% of respondents experienced a high workload. Conclusions: Our conclusion confirmed gestational age, workload, and working time related with work stress level of pregnant women significantly.

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