Tingkat Kemandirian Lansia dengan Stroke Dalam Melakukan Aktivitas Sehari-Hari di RSAD Tk. II Udayana

Background: The increasing number of elderly people has an impact on increasing problems, especially those that occur in the elderly, one of which is physical problems, namely the limitations of the elderly in carrying out daily activities, strokes that attack the elderly cause elderly dependence to increase, one form of measuring the ability of the elderly with stroke to carry out daily activities is to assess the Activity of Daily Living (ADL) of the elderly. Determination of functional independence is carried out to identify the abilities and limitations of the elderly, as well as to create the selection of appropriate interventions, The impact of decreased independence can make vulnerability to disease in old age. Methods: The research design used is descriptive method. The research location was carried out at TK.II Udayana Army Hospital, with a total sample of 58 respondents selected by purposive sampling technique. The instrument of this study was the Barthel Index Questionnaire, data processing was carried out using computerization. Data is presented textually/narrative and accompanied by tables and figures. Results: The characteristics of respondents were mostly female with 51.7%, the age group was mostly in the elderly age range of 60-74 years with a percentage of 55.2%, hypertension became the highest disease history experienced by the elderly as much as 43.1% and 98.3% of the elderly lived with their families. The level of independence of stroke elderly in carrying out daily activities shows that most of the elderly experience mild dependence as much as 67.2% and moderate dependence of 24.2%. Conclusion: The results showed that the level of independence of the elderly with stroke in carrying out daily activities experienced mild dependence.