Retno Widowati, Rini Kundaryanti, Destia Ayuwan Julian, Albiruni Raushanfikri
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 40h per week and the other half worked 40h 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.