The Relationship Between Ritual Activities And Tendency To Depression Of Elderly At “Posyandu Lansia Ngudi Rahayu” Gelangan Magelang City In The Year Of 2019
Diah Septiani (a)*, Sambodo Sriadi Pinilih(b), Retna Tri Astuti (c)
a)Faculty Of Health Science, University Of Muhammadiyah Magelang, diiah.septianny[at]gmail.com*
b)Faculty Of Health Science, University Of Muhammadiyah Magelang,
c) Faculty Of Health Science, University Of Muhammadiyah Magelang,
Abstract
Background: A depression in elderly was known as a life-threatening health problem in Indonesia, particular in Magelang City. The initial study at Gelangan Village documented that depression is currently being a concern in elderly population. Although a number of studies were undertaken to overcome depression, however, a relevant study that conducted in Gelangan Village has received little attention from the local nursing researcher. Therefore, this study was initiated to describe the relationship between ritual activities and tendency of depression among elderly. Purpose: The study aimed at investigating the relationship between ritual activities and the tendency of depression in the elderly at the Ngudi Rahayu Elderly Integrated Health Service Center (Posyandu) in Gelangan Village, Magelang City in 2019. Method: Correlational design that combined with the cross-sectional method was thoughtfully chosen to answer the research question of the study. A total of 40 respondents were involved. In this study, two variables were selected as follows ritual activities (variable one) and the tendency of depression (variable two). The Spearmans rank correlation was taken into consideration to measures the strength and direction of the relationship between variables. The significance level was considered at 0.05 for hypothesis testing. Results: The finding of the study showed that relationship between ritual activities and tendency of depression is statistically significant (p < 0.05). Moreover, the level of correlation is fair as expected by the researcher (-0.448). The negative correlation was also obtained from the study that is to say when the variable one increases, the other decreases. Conclusion: The relationship between ritual activities and tendency of depression is statistically significant (p < 0.05) which can be justified that when the variable one increases, the other decreases. Suggestion: With the result of this study, it is expected that this ritual activity can be applied to nursing care especially on mental health.
Keywords: Ritual activities, Tendency of depression, elderly
Topic: Health Science