FACTORS OCURRANCE OF DEPRESSION IN THE ELDERLY AT TRESNA WERDA BUDI MULYA 1 BAMBU APUS JAKARTA TIMUR

Abstract

Depression itself is one form of mental disorders in the affective mood. Mood depression is very risky for the elderly, this is caused by many factors including gender factors, health conditions, stress, family support and social interaction. This study aims to identify factors that cause depression using questionnaire measuring instruments including Kessler K10 questionnaire to measure stress, GDS questionnaire for depression screening in the elderly, family Apgar questionnaire to measure family relationships, FS questionnaire to measure social interaction, and the Pulse Profile questionnaire to measure physical health conditions in the elderly. quantitative methods with t analysis techniques to test hypotheses using Chi Square. The study showed that there was no significant relationship between the five factors examined in this study, which had lower algae values or p value> 0.05, which means there was no relationship between variables and depression in the elderly.

Keywords: depression, elderly