The effect of android-based education on the knowledge increase about pregnancy discomfort and anxiety reduction in pregnant women during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chentia Misse Issabella, Chentia Misse Issabella and Febry Heldayasari Prabandari, Febry Heldayasari Prabandari (2021) The effect of android-based education on the knowledge increase about pregnancy discomfort and anxiety reduction in pregnant women during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Jurnal Ners & Kebidanan Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 9 (4). pp. 310-320. ISSN 2503-1856

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Abstract

Background: Pregnancy is a natural process experienced by a woman, during which there
will be physical and psychological changes. Pregnant women may experience discomfort
and change in feelings such as happy, worry and anxiety due to those changes. Currently,
the whole world is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. This situation causes an increase
ISSN 2354-7642 (Print), ISSN 2503-1856 (Online)
Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan Indonesia
Indonesian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
Tersedia online pada:
http://ejournal.almaata.ac.id/index.php/JNKI
JURNAL NERS DAN KEBIDANAN INDONESIA
INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF NURSING
AND MIDWIFERY
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of anxiety in pregnant women because of their ignorance about how to handle pregnancy
discomfort. Entering the digital era 4.0, android can be utilized so that education and
information can be more easily accessible.
Objective: To determine the effect of android-based education in handling discomfort and
reducing anxiety in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Methods: This research employed a quasi-experimental with a control group time-series
design. There were 120 pregnant women used as samples. A simple random sampling was
carried out to obtain those samples which then formed into 2 groups, namely the experimental
group and the control group. The instrument used were the Busevid (Healthy Pregnant
Women in the COVID-19 Period) android application and a questionnaire designed by the
researchers which had been evaluated by the experts and tested. Then, the Manova with
GLM repeated measures was utilized to analyze the data.
Results: The increased knowledge of discomfort in the android group was 43.77 in the
post-test 1 and 59.98 in the post-test 2, while the leaflet group was 17.18 in the post-test 1
and 35.92 in the post-test 2. The anxiety reduction in the android group was 16.90 in posttest 1 and 28.65 in the post-test 2, while the leaflet group was 4.35 in the post-test 1 and
5.10 in the post-test 2. The p-value was 0.000 <0.05, indicating that there was an effect of
android-based education on handling discomfort and reducing anxiety in pregnant women
during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: Android application can provide a significant change in increasing knowledge
about discomfort and decreasing anxiety in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic,
so that android can be used as an alternative in providing positive benefits in education
media and health promotion.
KEYWORD : android-based education, anxiety, discomfort, pregnant woman, covid-19

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	android-based education;anxiety;discomfort;pregnant woman;Covid-19
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User:	Mrs Ni Made Yunia Dwi Savitri
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2022 01:39
Last Modified:	02 Jun 2022 01:39
URI:	http://eprints.triatmamulya.ac.id/id/eprint/1119

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