FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION SELECTION BY PREGNANT WOMEN IN LEREP HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

ABSTRACT Ultrasound is a way to find out the fetus’s condition in the body during prenatal care (antenatal care). This research aim was to determine the correlation between knowledge, parity, motivation, and husband's support with the choice of ultrasound examination by pregnant women at the Lerep Primary Health Care, Semarang Regency. This research is a descriptive study which is an analytic survey with a cross-sectional design. The population used in this research were third-trimester pregnant women who had their pregnancies checked at the Lerep Primary Health Care, Semarang Regency, with as many as 98 people. Sampling was carried out using non-probability sampling with accidental sampling techniques and a total of 50 people were obtained. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire. Data analysis using chi-square. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the knowledge of pregnant women and the choice of ultrasound examination, there was no significant relationship between parity and the choice of ultrasound examination, and there was no significant relationship between the husband's support with the choice of ultrasound examination. With this research, it is hoped that primary health care can give some improvement in education and information for every pregnant woman who visits prenatal care about the choice of doing an ultrasound examination so that pregnant women understand the benefits of ultrasound examination. Keywords: pregnant woman, Pregnancy test, USG