The Effectiveness of The Elderly Healthy Lifestyle Pocket Book During The Covid-19 Pandemic at The Ambon City Health Center

Abstract

<span lang="EN-US">The number of elderly people in Indonesia in 2020 reached 26.28 million people or 9.92% of the total population of Indonesia and is expected to increase to 41 million people in 2035 and more than 80 million people in 2050. By 2050, one in four Indonesia's population is an elderly population and it is easier to find elderly residents than infants or toddlers. Older people have health problems. This problem originates from cell deterioration body cells, so that the function and resistance of the body decreases and the risk factors for disease also increase. During the Covid-19 pandemic that occurred from March 2020 until now, the elderly is very vulnerable to transmission of the Covid-19 virus because their immune system has begun to decrease. Due to the Covid -19 pandemic, which is expected by the elderly to be restricted from leaving the house, maintaining health is one of the most important things to pay attention to. This study aims to determine changes in the knowledge of the elderly before and after being given the elderly healthy pocket book. The research method uses a one group pre-posttest design. The product produced from this research is a healthy pocket book for the elderly that can be used as a guide for the elderly in maintaining health to avoid transmission of Covid-19. To find out the effectiveness of the pocket book to be produced, measurements were made of the knowledge of the elderly before and after being given the pocket book to 50 respondents using incidental sampling, namely the elderly who were found when the elderly visited the Rumah Tiga Health Center. The results showed that the average value of knowledge before being given a pocket book was 16.52 or 82.6%. The mean value of knowledge after being given a pocket book is 18.42 or 92.1%. The difference in knowledge before and after being given books obtained a p value of 0.00 so it can be concluded that pocket books for healthy lifestyles for the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic were quite effective. It is hoped that the results of this study can be useful for the elderly, especially in the working area of the Rumah Tiga Health Center and can also play a role in controlling the transmission of the Covid-19 virus in Maluku.</span>