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Abstract

Background : The incidence of depression in elderly people in Indonesia is currently high.
Indonesia has entered the era of elderly population. In 2009, the number of people aged
over 60 years about 7.18%. Depression is a major mental health problem today. This is
very important because the incidence of depression will badly affects the productivity of
people particulary in a developing society.
Research purposes : This research was generally aimed to find out the relationship
between family support and depression level in elderly as well as specifically to identify
family support for elderly and identify depression level in elderly.
Subject : Research respondents were elderly people aged 60 years and over in Telukan
Village Sukoharjo District.
Method : This research is a correlation research with cross sectional approach to analyze
the relationship betwen family support with depression level in elderly in Telukan Village
Sukoharjo District. In this study the researcher used a saturated sampling technique in
which all members of the population was used as a research respondent accounted for
60.
Research result : The majority of respondents who good support from their family was
58.3% while the rest 41.7% got less support. The majority of were normal category (80%)
while those with mild depression by 20%. The results of analysis with Pearson
Correlation obtained p value = 0.000 and value r = - 0.559.
Conclusion : There is a significant relationship between family support and the incidence
of depression in the elderly. The higher the family support the lower the incidence of
depression in the elderly.
Keywords: depression, family support, elderly