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This is a Observational study (also classified as: Cross-Sectional).

September 10, 2025Open Access

The Influence of Family Support and Maternal Readiness on Pregnant Women's Anxiety in the Third Trimester Before Childbirth at TPMB Teluk Jambe Barat, Karawang Regency

Key Points

Moderate anxiety was observed in 51% of respondents, indicating a notable prevalence among pregnant women.
Family support significantly reduces anxiety levels in pregnant women during the third trimester, emphasizing its importance.
The observational cross-sectional approach measured both family support and maternal readiness simultaneously in 63 participants.
Findings suggest that improved understanding of emotional conditions can lead to better support interventions for pregnant women.

Abstract

Background: Family support, especially support obtained from the husband, will create inner peace and feelings of happiness in the wife. The quality and quantity of family support is assessed from three parameters, namely, material, informational and psychological support. So family support has a big influence on the mother's emotional atmosphere in reducing the mother's anxiety in preparation for the birthing process. Research Objective: To determine the influence of family support and maternal readiness on the anxiety of pregnant women in the third trimester before giving birth at TPMB Telukjambe Barat, Karawang Regency. Research Method: Quantitative research, the quantitative research study in this research is observational using a cross-sectional or cross-sectional approach which measures the independent variable and the dependent variable at the same time. The research was conducted at TPMB Teluk West Jambe , Karawang Regency in September-November 2023 with a total of 63 respondents. The sampling technique uses total sampling technique. Research Results: the majority of respondents found out of the 63 respondents studied that the majority of respondents were of productive age, namely 20-35 years, 56 respondents (89%), and for maternal age 35 years, there were 7 respondents (11%). Of the 63 respondents from third trimester pregnant women, the majority experienced moderate anxiety, namely 32 respondents (51%), 27 respondents (43%) had mild anxiety, while 4 respondents (6%) experienced severe anxiety. Conclusions and Suggestions: There is a significant relationship between the influence of family support and maternal readiness and the anxiety of pregnant women in the third trimester before delivery. It is hoped that midwives will provide evaluations for health workers to better understand the emotional conditions of pregnant women and provide appropriate SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) interventions, when they find out that there is a relationship between husband's assistance and the anxiety of pregnant women facing childbirth, especially those at TPMB Telukjambe Barat, Karawang Regency.

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Rahmadyanti et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1c32e54b1d3bfb60f14fe https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32832/hearty.v13i4.16043

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