Effectiveness of Literacy about COVID-19 to Compliance of Pregnant Women to Antenatal Care in Pematangsiantar City

Tengku Sri Wahyuni; Lenny Nainggolan; Teta Puji Rahayu

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.9773

Authors

Tengku Sri Wahyuni Department of Midwifery, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Lenny Nainggolan Department of Midwifery, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Medan, Medan, Indonesia
Teta Puji Rahayu Department of Midwifery, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.9773

Keywords:

Health literation, Antenatal care, COVID-19

Abstract

Background: In the COVID-19 pandemic situation, there are almost all routine services including
maternal and newborn health services. For example, pregnant women are reluctant to go to the Puskesmas
or other facilities for fear of being infected and services delay pregnancy checks and classes for pregnant
women. This causes maternal and newborn health services to be one of the services affected, both in terms
of access and quality. Therefore, in improving maternal health, literacy about covid-19 and ANC services
are needed during the adaptation period of the covid-19 period. The general purpose of the study was to
determine the effectiveness of providing literacy about Covid-19 on the compliance of pregnant women in
conducting Ante Natal Care in Pematangsiantar City. The specific objectives of the study were to determine
the level of health literacy about covid-19 in pregnant women, to know the coverage of ANC during the
covid-19 pandemic and to analyze the effectiveness of providing literacy about covid-19 on the compliance
of pregnant women with ANC in Pematangsiantar City. Methods: This research uses a quasi-experimental
design by providing literacy about covid-19 and ANC to pregnant women. Literacy ability was assessed
using a 16-item S-HLS-EU-Q questionnaire with a Likert scale. The number of samples in this study was
33 for the intervention group and 33 for the control group. Consecutive sampling and data analysis using
the chi square test using the Statistical Package and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 25.0 application.
Results: The results of the study were 33 respondents in the intervention group, all of whom had high
literacy about the health care domain. While in the control group only 75.8% had high literacy. The results
of Fisher's test showed p value = 0.005. In the intervention group, 97% of the disease prevention domain
had high literacy and in the control group there were 84.8% who had high literacy. The results of Fisher's
test showed p value = 0.197. In the intervention group, the domain of health promotion, overall had high
literacy and in the control group there were 84.8% who had high literacy. Fisher's test results show p value
= 0.053. Conclusion: The results, based on research, need to be made efforts to overcome the compliance
of pregnant women in implementing an ANC..

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