Studi Strategi Koping dengan Ansietas pada Lanjut Usia Selama Masa Pandemi COVID-19 di UPT Pelayanan Tresna Werdha Kabupaten Jember
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has a major impact on the physicological condition
including anxiety. This level of anxiety can decrease if the elderly have good
coping strategies. The aimed of this study was to analyze the correlation between
coping strategies and elderly anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic at the
Nursing Home of Jember. A cross-sectional study was used among 56 elderlies
using total sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was used to identify the
characteristics of the elderly. Data of cognitive function, coping strategies, and
anxiety were measured using The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Ways
Of Coping and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), respectively. The data
were analyzed using the Chi-square test (p-value <0.05). The results showed that
coping strategies among elders focused on problem-focused coping (71.4%) and
mild anxiety (51.8%). There was a significant relationship between coping
strategies and elderly anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Nursing Home
of Jember ( = 8.652; and p-value= 0.003). The conclusion of this study that
coping strategies is related to elderly anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic at
the Nursing Home of Jember. Therefore, the elderly is needed understand the
importance of applying approriate coping strategies to reduce their anxiety during
the COVID-19 pandemic.
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