Hubungan Tingkat Pendidikan dengan Kejadian Demensia pada Lansia di Balai Penyantunan Lanjut Usia Senja Cerah Paniki Kecamatan Mapanget Manado

摘要

Abstrack : Dementia is a term that used to describe a global cognitive impairment which is usually progressive and affect daily activity of elderly. One of the risk factor of dementia is lack of education. The aim of this research is to know the correlation between education level and dementia in elderly at Longevity Station Senja Cerah Paniki Subdistrict of Mapanget Manado. Research methods in this study was used analytic survey with cross sectional design. The samples in this research was used saturation sampling technique that is 27 peoples. The results in this research using analysis statistic test pearson chi-square have gained value p = 0,733 > α 0,05. The conclusion of this research, there is no correlation between education level and dementia in elderly at Longevity Station Senja Cerah Paniki Subdistrict of Mapanget Manado.