HUBUNGAN ANTARA STATUS GIZI DAN KEJADIAN JATUH PADA LANJUT USIA Putu Anggita Pradnya Dewi Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang : Jatuh merupakan penyebab utama kedua kematian akibat cedera yang tidak disengaja di seluruh dunia. Jatuh memiliki faktor intrinsik dan ekstrinsik, dan status gizi dapat menjadi salah satu faktor jatuh pada lansia. Malnutrisi pada lansia dapat menyebabkan gangguan pada kerja otot, penurunan fungsi kognitif, penurunan massa tulang, dan angka kematian sehingga mempengaruhi keseimbangan tubuh lansia yang menjadi salah satu faktor jatuh pada lansia. Tujuan : Mengetahui hubungan antara status gizi dan kejadian jatuh pada lanjut usia Metode : Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif korelatif dengan model pendekatan cross-sectional. Populasi yang di dapatkan adalah 12.636. Sampel pada penelitian ini berjumlah 309 responden yang dihitung berdasarkan rumus Daniel dan didapatkan melalui teknik convenience sampling. Instrument yang digunakan adalah kuesioner. Data penelitian dianalisa dengan uji Chi-square. Hasil : Dari 309 responden, mayoritas berjenis kelamin perempuan (61,2%) dengan usia minimum 60 tahun dan usia maksimum 96 tahun. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 75,1% responden berstatus malnutrisi dan 24,9% responden berstatus gizi normal. Responden yang tidak mengalami jatuh dalam 12 bulan sebanyak 83,2% dan yang mengalami jatuh sebanyak 16,8%. Sebanyak 69,2% responden mengalami jatuh 1-2 kali. Uji statistik menemukan tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara status gizi dan kejadian jatuh pada lansia (p-value >0,05) Kesimpulan : Tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara status gizi dan kejadian jatuh pada lanjut usia (p-value >0,05). Meskipun mayoritas lansia tidak jatuh dan berstatus malnutrisi, perlu adanya pengawasan dari pihak keluarga terkait asupan makanan yang masuk ke dalam tubuh lansia dan mencegah jatuh pada lansia. Kata Kunci : Status Gizi, Lansia, Jatuh

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND THE INCIDENCE OF FALLS IN THE ELDERLY Putu Anggita Pradnya Dewi Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Falling is the second leading cause of death from accidental injury worldwide. Falling has intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Nutritional status is one of the factors for falling on elderly. Malnutrition on elderly can cause disturbances in muscle work, decreased cognitive function, decreased bone mass, and mortality. Therefore, it affects the balance of the elderly body which is one of the factors for falling on elderly. Purpose: To determine the relationship between nutritional status and falling incidence on elderly. Method: This study employed descriptive correlation design with cross-sectional approach. The populations were 12.636 respondents. There were 309 respondents which were recruited as the samples which were counted by using Daniel formula and were chosen by using convenience sampling technique. The instrument of research was questionnaire. The data were analysed by using Chi-square test. Findings: Out of 309 respondents, the majority of respondents were female (61.2%) with the youngest was 60 years old and the eldest was 96 years old. The result showed 75.1% respondents were malnutrition and 24.9% respondents were normal nutrition. There were 83.2% respondents did not experience falling incidence during 12 months and 16.8% respondents experienced falling incidence. There were 69.2% respondents had fallen 1-2 times. The result of statistics test showed there was no significant relationship between nutritional status and falling incidence on elderly (p-value >0,05). Conclusion: There is no relationship between nutritional status and falling incidence on elderly (p-value >0,05). Even though most of the elderly do not fall and are malnutrition, it needs to be monitored by the family related to the nutrition and prevent the falling incidence. Keywords : Nutritional Status, Elderly, Falling