Analysis of factors that influence pregnant women's non-compliance with ANC visits during pregnancy at Upt. Dabo Lama Health Center Lingga Regency in 2022

Abstract

Background: Antenatal Care (ANC) is a health service provided by health workers to mothers during pregnancy and is carried out in accordance with the service standards set out in the Midwifery Service Standards. Pregnant or antenatal health services must meet the frequency of a minimum of six prenatal checks and two examinations by a doctor. This service time standard is recommended to ensure protection for pregnant women and fetuses in the form of early detection of risk factors, prevention and early treatment of pregnancy complications. The problem that occurs is that there are still many pregnant women who do not comply with antenatal care (ANC) visits during pregnancy, causing the coverage of visits by pregnant women in the Dabo Lama Community Health Center Work Area to not reach the target of the 2022 RPJMN Strategic Plan, which is 43% of the target of 90%. Objective: To determine the factors that influence pregnant women's non-compliance with ANC visits during pregnancy at UPT. Dabo Lama Community Health Center, Lingga Regency in 2022.

Method: This type of research is quantitative research with a descriptive analytical research method with a cross sectional approach carried out on 81 mother respondents taken using a probability sampling technique (simple random sampling), data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using the chi square test. Results: This research shows that the factors associated with non-compliance of pregnant women in carrying out antenatal care visits at the UPT. Puskesmas Dabo Lama, Lingga Regency in 2022 include the level of education of pregnant women (p=0.000), the occupation of pregnant women (p=0.000 ), knowledge of pregnant women (p=0.000), attitudes of pregnant women (p=0.000), distance traveled by pregnant women (p=0.019), husband's support (p=0.000), and socio-cultural environment of pregnant women (p=0.027) . Meanwhile, the factor that was not related was the age of the pregnant mother (p=0.472). Suggestion: In order for pregnant women's knowledge to increase, education is needed about the importance of antenatal care. Apart from that, health service providers and local community leaders should work together better so that antenatal care visits increase according to the expected target.

Keywords        : Pregnant Women, Antenatal care visits