Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume: 7 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 303-308
Effect of Family Support and Nutritional Status on the Quality of Life of the Elderly in Tanjung Beringin District, Serdang Bedagai Regency
Nurhazizah Br Said1, Jumirah2, Asfriyati3
1,2,3Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Nurhazizah Br Said
ABSTRACT
Increasing welfare rates and declining fertility rates in Indonesia have an impact on the number of elderly people, which is slowly but surely rising. Currently, Indonesia is recorded as having 24.5 million elderly people, so starting in 2021, Indonesia's population structure is predicted to enter an aging population. The increasing number of elderly people in Indonesia is also accompanied by various problems, ranging from the emergence of various diseases, a decline in cognitive and physical abilities that affect their productivity, to a decline in their quality of life. This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of family support and nutritional status on the quality of life of the elderly. This type of research used a cross sectional method which was carried out in Tanjung Beringin District, Serdang Bedagai Regency from October 2019 to completion. The population in this study were all elderly aged 60–74 years in Tanjung Beringin District, Serdang Bedagai Regency. The results showed that family support was the most dominant factor in influencing the quality of life of the elderly with p=0.011; OR of 4.654. Based on these results, it can be interpreted that elderly people with good family support tend to have a better quality of life, which is 4.7 times compared to older people who are not supported by their families. Nutritional status is also proven to affect the quality of life of the elderly with an OR value of 3.728, meaning that elderly people who have normal nutritional status are more likely to have a good quality of life 3.7 times compared to elderly people whose nutritional status is not normal. It is recommended for families to cooperate with each other in caring for the elderly, such as supervising feeding and fluid intake and encouraging elderly people to routinely participate in elderly gymnastics activities so that their health is maintained and their quality of life improves.
Keywords: Family Support, Nutritional Status, Quality of Life.
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