en <span style=font-size:12pt><span style=font-family:Times New Roman,serif><span style=color:black><b><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Aims:</span></span></span></b> <span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>Fear is a strategy for dealing with situations in which something is considered a threat. </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>This study aimed to assess the fear of COVID-19 and its effect on Quality of Life in pregnant women.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:12pt><span style=font-family:Times New Roman,serif><span style=color:black><b><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Instrument & Methods:</span></span></span></b> <span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>In this cross-sectional study, 12,576 pregnant women were studied in six </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>Pontianak-Health-Centers </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>in West Kalimantan, Indonesia</span></span><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>. Three survey instruments, including a sociodemographic questionnaire, obstetric status, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), and the QoL Gravidarum (QoL-GRAV), were used to assess for an association between fear of COVID-19 and pregnancy-related QoL using the Pearson correlation test. Generalized linear modeling was used to identify dominant variables.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:12pt><span style=font-family:Times New Roman,serif><span style=color:black><b><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Findings:</span></span></span></b> <span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>The fear experienced by pregnant women had an average score of 21.6±9.6. The QoL average score was 25.0±8.7. </span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=background:white><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#212121>The general linear model showed </span></span></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>a dominant relationship between parity status (β=-0.083; t=-2.141; p=0.005) and job (β=-0.75; t=1.923; p=0.033) with QoL in pregnant women. COVID-19 had no significant relationship with QoL (β=-0.11; t=-2.809; p=0.055).</span></span><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:12pt><span style=font-family:Times New Roman,serif><span style=color:black><b><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> There is no correlation between fear of COVID-19 and quality of life, while job and parity influence the quality of life in pregnant women.</span></span></span></span></span> Fear,COVID-19,Pregnant Women,Quality of Life, 701 706 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-79295-1&slc_lang=en&sid=4 T.H. Putri 1003194753284600325253 1003194753284600325253 Yes Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University, West Kalimantan, Indonesia K.L. Abdullah 1003194753284600325254 1003194753284600325254 No Department of Nursing, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Sunway, Malaysia T. Ligita 1003194753284600325255 1003194753284600325255 No Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University, West Kalimantan, Indonesia N. Nelwati 1003194753284600325256 1003194753284600325256 No Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia D. Narullita 1003194753284600325257 1003194753284600325257 No Department of Nursing, Institute Administration and Health, Muaro Bungo, Indonesia V. Dewi 1003194753284600325258 1003194753284600325258 No Department of Nursing, Polytechnic of Health, Jambi, Indonesia