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Masalah yang sering dihadapi lansia adalah masalah kebersihan diri, kebersihan diri sangat menentukan status kesehatan, dimana individu secara sadar dan atas inisiatif pribadi menjaga kesehatan dan mencegah terjadinya penyakit. Survey awal terhadap 10 orang lansia. 7 orang lansia di Jorong Lurah Nan Tigo Selayo mengatakan bahwa kurang mamperhatikan kebersihan diri dikarenakan lansia lebih memilih mengurus cucu, dan pengetahuan yang kurang mengenai kebersihan diri sendiri. 3 orang lansia mengatakan dengan sakit yang diderita, yang membuat lansia terkadang tidak bisa untuk terlalu memperhatikan kondisi kesehatan dan kebersihan dirinya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Hubungan Peran Keluarga, Pengetahuan, dan Kondisi Kesehatan dengan Kebersihan Diri Lansia di Jorong Lurah Nan Tigo di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Selayo Kec. Kubung Kab. Solok Tahun 2014. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif analitik, dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Sampel berjumlah 76 orang yang diambil secara simple random sampling. Pengolahan dan analisa data dilakukan secara komputerisasi dengan uji chi-square = 0,05. Hasil analisa univariat diketahui (52,6 %) responden menyatakan keluarga kurang berperan, (63,2 %) memiliki pengetahuan tinggi, (52,6 %) kondisi kesehatan yang tidak optimal, dan 59,2 %) tidak bersih. Hasil analisa bivariat ada hubungan peran keluarga dengan kebersihan diri lansia (p = 0,000 dan OR = 12,879), ada hubungan pengetahuan dengan kebersihan diri lansia (p = 0,017 dan OR = 3,986), dan ada hubungan kondisi kesehatan dengan kebersihan diri lansia (p = 0,007 dan OR = 4,200). Dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan peran keluarga, pengetahuan dan kondisi fisik dengan kebersihan diri lansia. Oleh sebab itu, diharapkan pada tenaga keperawatan agar dapat memberikan penyuluhan pada masyarakat khususnya keluarga lansia, agar dapat meningkatkan perannya dalam memenuhi kebutuhan dasar (kebersihan diri) lansia.

One of the problems which is often encountered by elderly people is a matter of personal hygiene; personal hygiene is very crucial in health status, where individuals consciously and personal-initiatedly maintain and prevent disease. The initial survey done to 10 elderly people showed that 7 elderly people in Jorong Lurah Nan Tigo Selayo said that they lacked of personal hygiene because they preferred to take care of their grandchildren, and they lacked of knowledge about their own personal hygiene. Meanwhile 3 other elderly people said the illness which they suffer made them unable to pay too much attention to their health condition and their personal hygiene. This research aimed to determine the relationship of family role, knowledge, and health condition with the personal hygiene of elderly people in Jorong Lurah Nan Tigo in working area of Puskesmas Selayo Kec. Kubung Kab. Solok 2014. This research is descriptive analytic using cross sectional approach. The sample was 76 people in total which were taken by simple random sampling. The data processing and analysis were computerized with chi-square test = 0.05. The result of the univariate analysis showed that (52.6%) of respondents said the family has a less role, (63.2%) had high knowledge, (52.6%) health conditions were not optimal, and (59.2%) of respondents was not clean. The result of the bivariate analysis showed that there was significant relationship between family roles and the personal hygiene of the elderly poeple (p = 0.000 and OR = 12.879), there was a relationship between knowledge and personal hygiene of the elderly people (p = 0.017 and OR = 3.986), and there was a significant relationship between the health condition and the personal hygiene of the elderly people (p = 0.007 and OR = 4.200). It can be concluded that there was relationships of family roles, knowledge and physical condition with the personal hygiene of the elderly people. Therefore, it is expected for the nursing staff to be able to provide information to the community, especially the families of the elderly people, in order to increase its role in achieving the basic needs (personal hygiene) of the elderly people.