GAMBARAN KOPING SPIRITUAL PADA LANSIA YANG MENGALAMI DEPRESI DI RUMAH PELAYANAN SOSIAL LANJUT USIA PUCANG GADING SEMARANG

Abstract

The aging process that occurs in the elderly causes the elderly to be susceptible to disorders such as depression. The number of elderly people who experience depression is estimated to increase every year. One of coping that can prevent the adverse effects of depression is Spiritual Coping. The purpose of this research is to know the characteristics and description of the strategy of spiritual coping done by the elderly in overcoming depression at Pucang Gading Nursing Home Care in Semarang. This research is a descriptive study with cross sectional research design using total sampling technique with 45 respondents. The data were collected using Brief RCOPE questionnaire. The results showed that the average age of respondents was 75 years, the majority of respondents were female (60%) with primary education level (51%), marital status of widow / widower (75%), 38 persons (84.4 %) of respondents use positive spiritual coping and as many as 7 people (15.6%) elderly use negative spiritual coping during facing problems experienced. This research is expected to be a reference to help the healing process for the elderly who are depressed by using spiritual methods. Keywords: spiritual coping, elderly, depression.