Pengaruh Ketersediaan Sarana, Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Lanjut Usia (Lansia) Terhadap Pemanfaatan Posyandu Lansia Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Helvetia Kota Medan

ABSTRAK

Pemanfaatan posyandu lansia di Puskesmas Helvetia Kota Medan pada tahun

2012 masih rendah (11,2%). Pemanfaatan posyandu lansia terkait dengan

ketersediaan sarana dan perilaku (pengetahuan, sikap, tindakan) lansia terhadap

pemanfaatan posyandu lansia.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh ketersediaan sarana

posyandu lansia (ruang pemeriksaan, alat kesehatan dan laboratorium sederhana) dan

perilaku lansia (pengetahuan, sikap dan tindakan) terhadap pemanfaatan posyandu

lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Helvetia Kota Medan. Jenis penelitian ini adalah

survei yang bersifat

analitik

dengan pendekatan

cross sectional

. Populasi dalam

penelitian ini adalah seluruh lansia yang terdaftar dalam data posyandu lansia di

wilayah kerja Puskesmas Helvetia Kota Medan.

Sampel sebanyak 131 orang, diambil dengan teknik

accidental sampling

.

Data

diperoleh dengan wawancara menggunakan kuesioner, dianalisis dengan

regresi

logistik ganda

pada α = 5%.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara statistik terdapat pengaruh

ketersediaan sarana puskesmas (alat kesehatan) dan perilaku (pengetahuan dan sikap)

terhadap pemanfaatan posyandu lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Helvetia Kota

Medan dan tidak terdapat pengaruh ketersediaan sarana puskesmas (ruang

pemeriksaan dan laboratorium sederhana) terhadap pemanfaatan posyandu lansia di

wilayah kerja Puskesmas Helvetia Kota Medan.

Disarankan kepada tenaga kesehatan perlu menyusun kebijakan tentang

pentingnya pemanfaatan posyandu lansia dalam upaya meningkatkan cakupan

pemanfaatan posyandu lansia dan kepada tenaga kesehatan khususnya di wilayah

kerja Puskesmas Helvetia Kota Medan agar lebih meningkatkan ketersediaan sarana

puskesmas untuk pemeriksaan kesehatan lansia

Kata Kunci : Ketersediaan Sarana, Perilaku, Pemanfaatan Posyandu Lansia

ABSTRACT

Posyandu elderly health center utilization in Medan Helvetia in 2012 is still

low (11.2%). Utilization of elderly posyandu related to the availability of facilities

and behaviors (knowledge, attitude and action) against the use of posyandu elderly

seniors.

This study aims to analyze the influence of the availability of posyandu elderly

(examination room, medical devices and simple laboratory) and the behavior of the

elderly (knowledge, attitude and action) against the use of posyandu elderly health

centers in the region of Helvetia Medan. This type of research is the survey either

cross sectional analytic approach.

The population in this study were all older adults enrolled in the data

posyandu elderly health centers in the region of Helvetia Medan. Sample of 131

people, drawn by random sampling technique using a random numbers table. Data

obtained through interviews using questionnaires, were analyzed by multiple logistic

regression at

α

= 5%.

The results showed that statistically there is the influence of the availability of

health centers (medical devices) and behavior (knowledge and attitude) toward the

use of posyandu elderly health centers in the region of Helvetia Medan and there is

no effect of availability of health centers (examination and simple laboratory space)

to the use of posyandu elderly health centers in the region of Helvetia Medan.

It is recommended to health professionals need to develop policies on the

importance of the use of posyandu elderly in an effort to increase coverage to the

elderly and posyandu utilization of health personnel especially in the working area of

Medan Health Center Helvetia to further improve the availability of health screening

centers for the elderly

Keywords: Availability of facilities, Behavior, use of IHC Elderly