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Elderly independence in fulfilling daily activities with family support as caregivers in the work area of Leuwigoong Health Centre, Garut 2019
Eneng Daryanti1, Fardila Elba2, Zaidah Binti Ismail3.
Introduction: Physical, social, psychological and various other changes occur with the increase in the life expectan- cy of an elderly person. The data was obtained from a population of 4,338 people with 501 elderly from the working area of Leuwigoong Community Health Centre in Garut Regency, Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to find the correlation between family support and the freedom of the elderly in fulfilling everyday activities. Methods: The research method used is correlation analytic with a cross-sectional approach. The sample sizes in this study were 501 people; the sampling technique used purposive sampling as many as 83 people. Results: The results showed that family support for the aged people in fulfilling day to day activities was in the support category at 54.2%. Indepen- dence in the aged people in fulfilling everyday activities is in the independent category by 44.6%. There is a con- nection between family help and the freedom of the aged people in fulfilling everyday activities with test chisquare value of 0.000. Conclusion: The family should be able to increase their knowledge about health issues, especially regarding the elderly independence in fulfilling daily activities, so that the family can carry out the family’s health duties as far as possible.
Affiliation:
- Bhakti Kencana University (BKU), Indonesia, Indonesia
- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
- Lincoln University College, No 2, Jalan Stadium, SS7/15, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor D. E., Malaysia
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MyJurnal (2021) |
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3 |
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0.000 |
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0 |
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Scopus 2020 |
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CiteScore (0.2) |
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Q4 (Medicine (all)) |
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SJR (0.144) |
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