Description of Physical Activities and Anxiety Disorders in Polling Women in The DKI Jakarta and Depok Regions

Abstract

In developing countries and low-income countries, it is reported that an average of 25% of postpartum mothers experience postpartum depression, meaning that 2 out of 10 women experience postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a major health problem for many women, the disorder often persists, undiagnosed and therefore untreated. Postpartum mothers tend to experience anxiety, stress, insomnia and lead to depression. Anxiety disorders are more commonly experienced by postpartum mothers at the beginning before then progressing to the depression stage. The research carried out was descriptive research. With a sample of 120 respondents. The samples were postpartum mothers aged 0 – 6 months who did not have infectious diseases. Samples were taken in two places with 60 respondents each. The data taken were the results of analysis at two maternity clinics, namely the Najwa Medika Clinic, Depok and PMB Sri Muryani, Jakarta. Measurements were carried out once using a physical activity questionnaire, namely the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) and an anxiety detection questionnaire using the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS). This study used univariate analysis to look at the characteristics of respondents, physical activity by classifying light, moderate and heavy activity scales and looking at the level of anxiety in postpartum mothers. The conclusion of this study was that 43.3% of postpartum mothers did light physical activity, 45% of respondents did not feel anxious during the postpartum period.