The Knowledge Level of Pregnant Women as a Determinant for the Frequency of Visits to Antenatal Care Service

^{Authors: 1}Sendy Ayu Mitra Uktutias, ²Agus Sulistyono, & ³Windhu Purnomo

¹Magister Student, at Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia;

²Lecturer, at Obstertics and Gynecology Department, Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia;

³Lecturer, at Biostatistics Department, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia;

Address: Kampus C UNAIR, Jalan Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia,

Email: ndyayuuktutias@gmail.com

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the effect of knowledge about antenatal care towards the frequency of visits of pregnant women to antenatal care service. The design of this survey research was a cross sectional. Subjects were 38 pregnant women, selected by simple random sampling technique. Data about the level of knowledge was collected using questionnaires, while data about visits to the antenatal care services are collected from the book of Mother and Child Health. In the next stage, the data were analyzed using linear regression. Based on the results of the regression analysis, it is known that p-value = 0.003; so it concluded that the level of knowledge of pregnant women about antenatal care, providing a positive influence on the frequency of visits to the antenatal care service.

Key words: pregnant women, knowledge, visit, antenatal care service

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