THE RELATIONSHIP OF VISUS WITH THE RISK OF FALLING IN THE ELDERLY

Fajar Adhie Sulistyo
Nisya Ivana Kusnadi
Nova Indriani
Novita Sari Simangunsong

Keywords: : Elderly, Visus, Risk of falling

Abstact

Elderly is someone who has entered the age of 60 years and over. Elderly is an age group in humans who have entered the final stages of their life phase. The problem that often occurs in the elderly is falling. The risk of falling consists of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Vision (visual acuity) is part of the intrinsic risk factor for falling in the elderly. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between visual acuity and the risk of falling in the elderly. This research method uses quantitative analysis with a cross sectional approach. Analytics is research that tries to explore how and why health phenomena occur. The sample selection used simple random sampling technique with a total sample of 50 respondents. Data analysis test using the Kendall Tau correlation test. The results of the study based on the results of univariate visual acuity analysis were carried out with 41 respondents (82%) and the risk of falling was 32 respondents (64%). Statistical Test of the Relationship of Vision with the Risk of Falling in the Elderly. Of the 50 respondents from the bivariate analysis, the statistical test results obtained were p-value = 0.004, which means that the p-value < 0.05. The conclusion in this study is that there is a relationship between visual acuity and the risk of falling in the elderly.

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