Harga Diri, Interaksi Sosial, dan Kualitas Hidup Lansia

Abstract

Kualitas hidup lansia dapat dipengaruhi oleh harga diri yang membuat lansia merasa percaya diri dan interaksi sosial dengan keluarga dan orang lain. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh harga diri dan interaksi sosial terhadap kualitas hidup lansia. Desain yang digunakan adalah cross sectional study di Kelurahan Balumbangjaya, Kecamatan Bogor Barat, Kota Bogor. Pengambilan contoh dilakukan secara random sampling sebanyak 86 lansia dengan 43 lansia laki-laki dan 43 lansia perempuan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan harga diri dan kualitas hidup lansia laki-laki maupun perempuan pada kategori sedang, interaksi sosial lansia laki-laki kategori tinggi dan lansia perempuan kategori sedang. Hasil uji beda variabel harga diri, interaksi sosial dan kualitas hidup tidak terdapat perbedaan signifikan antara lansia laki-laki dan perempuan. Usia memiliki hubungan negatif, sedangkan jumlah pendapatan, lama pendidikan dan status perkawinan (memiliki pasangan), harga diri, dan interaksi sosial berhubungan positif dengan kualitas hidup. Uji pengaruh menunjukkan harga diri dan interaksi sosial berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kualitas hidup. Semakin tinggi harga diri dan interaksi sosial, akan meningkatkan kualitas hidup lansia.

The quality of life of the elderly can be influenced by self-esteem which makes the elderly feel confident and social interactions with family and others. This study aims to analyze the effect of self-esteem and social interaction on the quality of life of the elderly. The design used was a cross sectional study in Balumbangjaya Village, West Bogor District, Bogor City. Sampling was done by random sampling as many as 86 elderly with 43 elderly men and 43 elderly women. The results showed that the self-esteem and quality of life of male and female elderly people were in the moderate category, social interaction of male elderly people was in the high category and female elderly people were in the moderate category. The results of the independent test of the variables of self-esteem, social interaction and quality of life did not have significant differences between male and female elderly. Age has a negative relationship, while the amount of income, length of education and marital status (having a partner), self-esteem, and social interaction are positively related to quality of life. The effect test shows that self-esteem and social interaction have a significant positive effect on quality of life. The higher the self-esteem and social interaction, the higher the quality of life of the elderly.