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

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 wee...

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Main Authors: Retno Widowati, Rini Kundaryanti, Destia Ayuwan Julian, Albiruni Raushanfikri
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Gaceta Sanitaria
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0213911120302685
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author Retno Widowati
Rini Kundaryanti
Destia Ayuwan Julian
Albiruni Raushanfikri
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-862898c4a731470b8c4dccdefc5d90122022-12-21T18:24:30ZengElsevierGaceta Sanitaria0213-91112021-01-0135S38S41Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in IndonesiaRetno Widowati0Rini Kundaryanti1Destia Ayuwan Julian2Albiruni Raushanfikri3Magister Biology Study Program, Graduate School of Universitas Nasional, Indonesia; Midwifery Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Nasional, Indonesia; Corresponding author.Midwifery Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Nasional, IndonesiaMidwifery Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Nasional, IndonesiaFaculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, GermanyObjective: 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0213911120302685Pregnant womenWorkStress
spellingShingle Retno Widowati
Rini Kundaryanti
Destia Ayuwan Julian
Albiruni Raushanfikri
Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia
Gaceta Sanitaria
Pregnant women
Work
Stress
title Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia
title_full Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia
title_fullStr Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia
title_short Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia
title_sort pregnancy and work stress investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in indonesia
topic Pregnant women
Work
Stress
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