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The Role of Family in Reducing Anxiety Levels in the Elderly

Authors

  • Dewi Puspa Cipta Utami Rumah Sakit Bunda Margonda, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53801/jnep.v1i2.37

Keywords:

anxiety, elderly, the role of family

Abstract

Introduction: The role of the family is the specific behavior expected by someone in the family member. Anxiety is a fear that is not clear and is not supported by the situation.

Objective:  to Know the Relationship of Family Role to the Level of Anxiety in the Elderly in Hamlet 01 Kukusan Beji-Depok.

Method: The research method uses analytics with a cross-sectional approach. The study population was 288 people with a sample of 81 respondents using the Slovin formula. In the sampling technique using cluster sampling.

Results: The results showed that the respondents with a bad family role as many as 41 (50.6%) anxiety levels of the middle-aged were 59 (72.8%). The results of statistical tests using the chi-square test indicate that there is a significant or significant relationship between the role of the family and the level of anxiety of the elderly with a value of p Value 0.01.

Conclusion: It was concluded that there was a relationship between the role of the family and the level of anxiety of the elderly in the Hamlet 01 Kelurahan Kukusan Beji District Depok City.

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Published

2021-10-30