HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN DENGAN PERILAKU PERSONAL HYGIENE PADA LANSIA DI DESA WONGAYA GEDE Ni Made Devi Yustini Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang : Lanjut usia merupakan periode dimana organisme telah telah mencapai kematangan dalam ukuran, fungsi yang berdampak pada menurunnya kemampuan dalam merawat diri. Salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku personal hygiene pada lansia adalah pengetahuan . Tujuan : Untuk megetahui hubungan tingkat pengetahuan dengan perilaku personal hygiene pada lansia di Desa Wangaya Gede. Metode : Penelitian menggunakan metode analitik kolerasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah lansia berusia 60-72 tahun. Jumlah sampel 151 responden. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah simple random sampling Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner yang diisi oleh responden sendiri. Analisa data dalam penelitian in yaitu analisa bivariat. Hasil : Hasil penelitian menunjukan mayoritas lansia memiliki pengetahuan cukup (99,3%). Mayoritas perilaku personal hygiene pada lansia kategori cukup (96,0%). Pada penelitian ini maka Ha diterima Ho ditolak dengan p value

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL HYGIENE BEHAVIOR AMONG ELDERLY AT WONGAYA GEDE VILLAGE Ni Made Devi Yustini Faculty of health Bachelor of Nursing Program Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Elderly is a period in which the organism has reached maturity in size, function which has an impact on the decreased ability to care for themselves. One of the factors that influence personal hygiene behavior in the elderly is knowledge. Purpose: To determine the correlation between the level of knowledge and personal hygiene behavior among elderly at Wongaya Gede Village. Method: This study employed analytic correlation design with cross sectional approach. The population of this study were elderly aged 60-72 years old. There were 151 respondents recruited as sample of this study which were selected by using random sampling technique. The data were collected by using questionnaire and analyze by using bivariate analysis. Result: The finding showed that the majority of the respondents (99.3%) had moderate knowledge. The majority of the respondents (96.0%) had moderate personal hygiene behavir. There was a significant correlation between the level of knowledge and personal hygiene behavior with p value