HUBUNGAN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DENGAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN IBU HAMIL PRIMIGRAVIDA TRIMESTER III DALAM MENGHADAPI PERSALINAN DI PUSKESMAS KUTA SELATAN Ni Wayan Nonik Yudiani Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali Email:[email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang: Emotional support merupakan faktor penting dalam kehamilan dan persalinan. Emotional support yang didapatkan ibu hamil menimbulkan perasaan tenang dan nyaman sehingga ibu mampu mengontrol kecemasannya. Tujuan Penelitian mengetahui hubungan antara emotional support dengan tingkat kecemasan ibu hamil primigravida trimester III dalam menghadapi proses persalinan di Puskesmas Kuta Selatan. Metode: Desain penelitian analitik korelatif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Sampel yang digunakan penelitian ini seluruh ibu hamil primigravida trimester III yang berjumlah 106 responden. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner dan analisa data menggunakan spearman rho. Hasil: Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar responden memiliki emotional support baik (92.5%) dan sebagian besar ibu mengalami kecemasan ringan (36.8%). Hasil uji bivariat terhadap n = 106 bahwa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan yang bersifat negatif antara emotional support dengan tingkat kecemasan ibu hamil, r = -0,420, p-value = 0,001< α level 0.05. Kesimpulan: Terdapat hubungan antara emotional support dengan tingkat kecemasan ibu hamil primigravida trimester III dalam menghadapi persalinan di Puskesmas Kuta Selatan Kata Kunci: Emotional Support, Kecemasan, Ibu Hamil,

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ANXIETY LEVEL OF THE THIRD TRIMESTER PRIMIGRAVIDA PREGNANT WOMEN IN DEALING WITH DELIVERY AT PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER SOUTH KUTA Ni Wayan Nonik Yudiani Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email:[email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Emotional support is an important factor in pregnancy and childbirth. The emotional support that pregnant women get creates a feeling of calm and comfort; so that, the mother is able to control her anxiety. Aim: To determine the correlation between emotional support and the level of anxiety of third trimester primigravida pregnant women in facing the delivery process at the Public Health Center South Kuta. Method: This study employed correlational analytic design with cross-sectional approach. There were 106 primigravida pregnant women in the third trimester recruited as the sample. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed by using Spearman Rho. Finding: The results of this study showed that the majority of the respondents had good emotional support (92.5%) and the mothers majorly experienced mild anxiety (36.8%). The results of the bivariate test for n = 106 indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between emotional support and the level of anxiety of pregnant women, r = -0.420, p-value = 0.001 < level 0.05. Conclusion: There is a correlation between emotional support and the level of anxiety of primigravida pregnant women in the third trimester in facing childbirth at the Public Health Center South Kuta. Keywords: Emotional Support, Anxiety, Pregnant Women,