Family’s Support, Coping Mechanism, Disability and Depression Among Elderly in Rural Area

I Wayan Suardana, Ah Yusuf, NLK Sulisnadewi

2017

Abstract

Depression is a mental disorder which is indicated by a very depressed feeling, loss of interesting things, guilt and low self-esteem, caused by various factors in the elderly. This study is aimed at searching the family’s relationships, coping mechanisms and disability with depression among elderly. The sample taken was 164 elderly people, selected by multistage random sampling in Abiansemal District, Badung Regency, Bali. The data were collected using survey in which data were taken using the cross-sectional method among 164 disabled elderly people. The results of this study indicated that there was a significant relationship between family’s support with depression p = 0.05 and OR = 0.246. Proactive coping mechanisms had a significant association with the incidence of depression with p = 0.00, and OR= 0.028. There was no relationship between disability and depression p = 0.791 (P>0.05). Disabled elderly actually would not experience depression if they had got good support from family and had been educated about coping strategies of proactive mechanism.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Suardana I., Yusuf A. and Sulisnadewi N. (2017). Family’s Support, Coping Mechanism, Disability and Depression Among Elderly in Rural Area.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Public Health - Volume 1: ISOPH, ISBN 978-989-758-338-4, pages 627-633. DOI: 10.5220/0007518806270633

in Bibtex Style

@conference{isoph17,
author={I Wayan Suardana and Ah Yusuf and NLK Sulisnadewi},
title={Family’s Support, Coping Mechanism, Disability and Depression Among Elderly in Rural Area},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Public Health - Volume 1: ISOPH,},
year={2017},
pages={627-633},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007518806270633},
isbn={978-989-758-338-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Public Health - Volume 1: ISOPH,
TI - Family’s Support, Coping Mechanism, Disability and Depression Among Elderly in Rural Area
SN - 978-989-758-338-4
AU - Suardana I.
AU - Yusuf A.
AU - Sulisnadewi N.
PY - 2017
SP - 627
EP - 633
DO - 10.5220/0007518806270633