Hubungan Antara Interaksi Sosial Dengan Kualitas Hidup Lanjut Usia Yang Mengalami Hipertensi Di Posyandu Lanjut Usia Peduli Insani Mendungan Pabelan Sukoharjo

Social interaction a very important role in the elderly life. Good social interaction allows the elderly to gain the feeling of belonging to a group so as to share stories, share interests, share concerns, and can perform activities together. The quality of life of the elderly is influenced by the quality of social interaction. Social interaction is able to build psychological strength so that the elderly become the spirit to lead a life overcome the problem and improve adherence in running therapy of hypertension such as adherence to maintain the pattern of eating, resting patterns, adherence to taking anti-hypertensive medication and improve stress coping. This research target is to know the correlation between social interaction with quality of life for elderly with hypertension at Posyandu Lanjut Usia Peduli Insani Mendungan Pabelan Sukoharjo. This research using analytic design with cross sectional approach. Sample in this research 62 elderly. The sampling technique is an accidental sampling method. Research instrument for social interaction with self-prepared questionnaires. Quality of life questionnaire using the WHOQOL (World Health Organization Quality Of Life) BREF questionnaire. Data analysis using chi square test for significant level 95%. The result of social interaction research on hypertension patient mostly with good category. The quality of life for elderly people with hypertension mostly with good category. The result of chi square analysis with p value of 0,00 and Odd ratio (OR) amount 21,27. Conclusion: there is a significant correlation between social interaction with quality of life for elderly with hypertension at Posyandu Lanjut Usia Peduli Insani Mendungan Pabelan Sukoharj