Abstract
The prevalence of depression in the elderly in the world with an average age of 60 years is estimated there are 500 million people. The prevalence of depression in Indonesia based on the Information Center for Non-Communicable Diseases, elderly who experience depression by 11.6%. The effects of depression are decreased concentration and suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between education level, age, sex, marital status and length of stay in nursing homes with the incidence of depression in the elderly. Research using quantitative methods with cross-sectional design. 101 elderly research respondents obtained by purposive sampling. The instrument used was a questionnaire and geriatric depression scale (GDS-15). Analysis of the data with chi-square test, the results obtained there is a relationship between the last education with the incidence of depression (p-value 0.014) and there is no relationship between age and the incidence of depression (p-value 0.132), there is no relationship between sex with the incidence of depression (p-value 0.273), there was no relationship between marital status and depressive events (p-value 0.187), there was no association of length of stay with depressive events (p-value 0.192), there was no relationship between family visits and depressive events (p-value 0.879).
Highlights
The prevalence of depression in the elderly in the world with an average age of 60 years is estimated there are 500 million people
The prevalence of depression in Indonesia based on the Information Center for NonCommunicable Diseases
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between education level
Summary
The prevalence of depression in the elderly in the world with an average age of 60 years is estimated there are 500 million people. Hasil analisis hubungan antara usia dengan kejadian depresi berdasarkan tabel 3 menunjukkan bahwa dari 55 responden yang berusia 60-74 tahun, ada 16 responden (29,1%) yang tidak depresi, 33 responden (60,0%) mengalami depresi ringan, 6 responden (10,9%) mengalami depresi sedang. Hasil uji statistik chi square di dapatkan p-value> α (0,05) yaitu p=0,132 maka Ha ditolak yang artinya tidak ada hubungan antara usia dengan kejadian depresi di panti werdha.
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