Emotional support of family and depression incidence among elderly in Ngumpul Village, Jogoroto Sub-District, Jombang City

Abstract

Generally, the physiological decline among elderly both physically and mentally will give an effect such as less sensitive to various stimuli both internal and external so elderly are vulnerable to mental disorders such as depression. The aim of this study to assess the correlation correlation between emotional support of family and depression among elderly who aged 60–74 years old in Ngumpul Village, Jogoroto Sub District, Jombang City. The design of this study was cross sectional. The population was all elderly people who aged 60–74 years old with the number of population is 526 people. The sample size was 55 respondents, selected by simple random sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaire to assess emotional support of family and Geriatric Depression Scale questionnaire to assess depression level of elderly. Moreover, the data were analyzed by using Fisher's Exact Test statistic with α = 0.05. The results of this study found that almost all (78.2%) of respondents had good family support, and almost all (87.3%) of respondents did not have depression experience. The results of the Fisher's Exact Test obtained 0.000 <0.005. So, the conclusion in this research was there is relation between emotional supports of family with incidence of depression among Elderly who aged 60–74 years old in Ngumpul Village Jogoroto Sub-district, Jombang city.