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Relationship between Perceived Severity and Compliance with COVID-19 Preventive Behavior among Pregnant Women
Several risk groups, one of which is pregnant women are susceptible
COVID-19. Pregnancy is known as a susceptible condition to
COVID-19 infection because it could cause immunity decrease.
Therefore, it is necessary to comply with COVID-19 preventive
behavior. This study aims to analyze the relationship between
perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived obstacle,
perceived benefit and self-efficacy with COVID-19 preventive
behavior among pregnant women in the work area of Sempaja
Community Health Center. This was an observational study with
cross sectional design. Samples were selected using purposive
sampling technique based on inclusion criteria of pregnant women
who lived and registered in the determined work area and had
gestational age of more than 12 weeks. There were 194 pregnant
women involved as the study samples. Data were analyzed using the
Spearman Rank Test. The bivariate analysis revealed that there was
relationship between self-efficacy (p value of 0.000), perceived
barrier (p value of 0.025), perceived benefit (p value of 0.000), and
perceived severity (p value of 0.000) with compliance with COVID19 preventive behavior. However, there was no relationship between
perceived susceptibility and compliance with COVID-19 preventive
behavior (p value of 0.287). It can be concluded that the better
perception of pregnant women, the better compliance with COVID19 preventive behavior. It is recommended to increase health
promotion in order to keep compliance with COVID-19 preventive
behavior.
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