Gambaran Tingkat Pengetahuan Keluarga Tentang Posyandu Lansia di Desa Petak, Gianyar

ABSTRACT
Background: Indonesia is one of the top five countries with the highest number of elderly people in the world. The Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017 stated that in a period of five years, the percentage of the number of elderly people in Indonesia had doubled, namely to 8.97% (23.4 million). The government has anticipated an increase in the number of elderly groups by holding an Integrated Service Post (Posyandu) for the elderly which is fostered by the Community Health Center (Puskesmas) spread across various regions in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to describe the level of family knowledge about the elderly posyandu in Petak Village, Gianyar.
Methods: This study uses descriptive research methods. The population in this study were families who have elderly people, and the sample in this study amounted to 83 people. The sampling technique used in this study was purposive sampling. The instrument used by the researcher was a questionnaire consisting of 20 questions. After the data from the questionnaire were collected, the data was coded first, after that it was processed / processed in IBM SPSS Statistics version 24. The inclusion criteria of this study were the head of the family / family member who lives in the Petak Village based on ID card, is willing to be a respondent, has the elderly aged 60-74 years, and the exclusion criteria were uncooperative families and did not allow data collection (illness).
Results: The results of the study of 83 respondents, namely the level of family knowledge about the elderly posyandu mostly in the good category. Knowledge in the good category is 83 respondents (100%), the moderate category is 0 respondents (0%), and the poor category is 0 respondents (0%). Based on the characteristics obtained, most of the respondents were aged 36-45 years (45.8%), male gender (50.6%), last education was primary school (36.1%), and worked as farmers (57.8%).
Conclusion: The level of family knowledge about elderly posyandu in Petak Village, Gianyar is mostly in the good category, as many as 83 respondents (100%).