Hubungan Kemandirian Lansia Dengan Stress Di UPTD Rumoh Seujahtera Geunaseh Sayang Ulee Kareng Kota Banda Aceh

Abstract

Elderly’s independence refers to someone’s capability to not depend on someone else and take responsibility for their own action. The elderly who live in Nursing Home cannot work, and spend most of their time far away from their family. To live independently, they should be capable to adapt with certain condition and events in their surrounding environment. Based on the interview, it was obtained that, among ten elderly, six of them stated that they do not have savings, do not actively work, are incapable of fulfilling basic needs, having lack of family attention, and prefer to be alone. On the other hand, the other 4 elderly said that they are capable of interacting with the others, doing pray in congregation, reciting Al-Quran, and doing daily activities independently. Therefore, if the elderly cannot face these changes, they will potentially suffer stress. This study intended to find out the correlation between the elderly’s independence and stress at UPTD (Regional Technical Implementation Unit) Rumoh Seujahtera Geunaseh Sayang Ulee Kareng, Banda Aceh. The research design used was correlative descriptive with cross sectional approach. The research population were all elderly at UPTD Rumoh Seujahtera Geunaseh Sayang Ulee Kareng, Banda Aceh, counted as many as 70 people. The study was conducted from 5 to 14 December 2017 by conducting interview and distributing questionnaire. The results suggested that there is a correlation between emotional independence and stress (44.4%), and there is no correlation between economy independence with stress (62.5%), there is correlation between intellectual independence (48.5%), there is correlation between social relationship and stress (47.2%).