Analisis Mekanisme Koping dengan Kecemasan pada Lansia di Balai Pelayanan Sosial Tresna Werdha Yogyakarta

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Background: The elderly experience physical and psychological changes. Such changes may cause unpleasant feelings or even fear. Coping strategies are needed to help deal with changes they experience. Objective: To find out the correlations between coping mechanism and anxiety among the elderly in Yogyakarta Tresna Werdha Nursing Home of Budi Luhur Unit in Bantul. Method: This was quantitative and analytical research with a cross-sectional design. A total sampling technique was used to collect data from 47 elderly people using coping mechanism questionnaires and T-MAS. The data were then analyzed using the Chi-Square test. Results: The results show that the coping mechanism of as many as 30 respondents (63.8%) fell into the adaptive category, and 17 respondents (36.2%) were within the maladaptive category. As for the anxiety variable, 24 respondents (51.1%) fell within the mild category, 15 or 31.9% in the moderate category, and 8 or 17.0% in the severe category. The bivariate analysis indicated a p-value of 0.000. Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between coping mechanism and anxiety among the elderly in Yogyakarta Tresna Werdha Nursing Home of Budi Luhur Unit in Bantul.