FACTORS INFLUENCING PREGNANCY ANXIETY: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Background: Alterations in both a woman's body and mind that occur during pregnancy might bring on feelings of anxiousness. Nine months of pregnancy are a particularly vulnerable time for feeling all of the feelings that pregnancy brings. This literature study aims to examine the elements that raise a pregnant woman's risk of anxiety. Methods: This research is a literature review study involving 13 articles from 510 articles that filtered data such as duplicate data, incomplete data, participants, titles, and abstracts that are suitable for this study and entered into the PRISMA system, the vulnerable years used are the years published 2018 to 2023 using PubMed and google scholar database searches. The search was adjusted for a literature search on factors that increase anxiety in pregnant women. Results: Inadequate social support, abuse or domestic violence in the past, unwanted pregnancies, unfavorable life events or strong feelings of stress, and complications from the current pregnancy /previous pregnancy were the factors that were shown to be most related to prenatal depression and anxiety. Conclusion: Many factors influence mothers to experience pregnancy anxiety such as age, parity, education, social support, financial income, past health problems related to pregnancy and childbirth, household problems, and employment. It is important to understand how a mother's anxiety affects her health, the health of her unborn baby, and the long-term impact on her child. Mothers need assistance in carrying out their pregnancy to minimize the anxiety they experience.