Pregnancy and work stress: investigation of factors relating stress level of pregnant working women in Indonesia

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Pregnant women; Stress; Work.