Background: Dementia prevalence at old people in Indonesia is increase.
Dementia can happen because some factors. Age, gent and education are some
factors have correlation with dementia cases on old people. The objective of this
study is to know the correlation between individual characteristics with dementia
cases in social rehabilitation unit Pucang Gading, Semarang.
Method: The method of investigation of this study was observation analysis with
cross sectional study approach. The population of this study was 111 old people
and the sample was 53 old people used simple random sampling to decide it. Data
gathering from medic record with inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data
analyze used Chi Square test.
Result: The average ages of majority respondent is 69 years old; woman (60.4%),
the education of majority respondent was low grade (75.5%). The result of Chi
Square analysis got p-value of age = 0.706, gent = 0.368 and age = 0.006
Conclusion: Ages and gents have not correlation with dementia cases but
education has significant correlation with dementia cases.
Keyword : Old people, Dementia
Bibliograpy : 26 (2000-2012)
Program Studi S1 Keperawatan
Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan
Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang
Skripsi, 12 juni 2012