Gambaran Perilaku Personal Hygiene Pada Lansia Di Posyandu Lansia Desa Ngadirejo

Abstract

Personal hygiene is an important factor in maintaining individual health status. Personal hygiene behavior for the elderly that must be met is a basic need that includes skin care, bathing, oral care, eye, nose, ear care, hair care, and foot and nail care. Improvement of personal hygiene and protection against unfavorable environment is a special protection that can affect the level of health. the results of interviews with 6 respondents obtained data that the personal hygiene behavior of the elderly at Posyandu Dewi Ratih 2 was stated to be poor in paying attention to personal hygiene, especially in dental and oral hygiene. The purpose of this study is to find out the description of personal hygiene that focuses on the elderly in Ngadirejo village. The method in this research uses descriptive analytic method. Sampling using proportional random sampling technique and get 92 elderly. The results of this study showed that most of the elderly had sufficient behavior to clean their bodies or skin, namely 49 elderly (53.3%). most of the elderly behaved in cleaning their nails in the sufficient category, namely 71 elderly (77.2%), most of the elderly behaved in cleaning their hair in the sufficient category, namely as many as 77 elderly (83.7%). most of the elderly dressed in the sufficient category, namely 67 elderly (72.8%). the majority of the elderly behaved in cleaning their teeth in the sufficient category, namely as many as 68 elderly (73.9%), the majority of the elderly dressed up in the sufficient category, namely as many as 71 elderly (77.2%). Most of the elderly have sufficient ear cleaning behavior, namely 76 elderly (82.6%). most of the elderly behaved in general cleaning with the sufficient category, namely as many as 60 elderly (65.2%). most of the elderly behave in maintaining personal hygiene in the sufficient category, namely as many as 52 elderly (56.5%). Conclusion: The personal hygiene behavior of the elderly in the elderly Posyandu in Ngadirejo village is mostly in the sufficient category.