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Demensia merupakan kumpulan gejala yang di sebabkan oleh beberapa penyakit atau kondisi tertentu sehingga terjadi perubahan kepribadian dan tingkah laku, demensia juga sangat berkaitan dengan lanjut usia. Lanjut usia yang berumur > 60 tahun lebih beresiko terkena penyakit demensia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi hubungan status gizi dan aktivitas fisik dengan tingkat demensia pada lansia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Populasi penelitian sebanyak 60 orang dengan teknik pengambilan sampel secara total sampling. Instrumen penelitian berupa kuesioner dan dianalisis secara univariat dan bivariate menggunakan uji chi square. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hampir separuh (38,3%) responden memiliki status gizi normal, lebih dari separuh (73,3%) responden mandiri dalam melakukan aktivitas fisik sehari-hari, dan hampir separuh (43,3%) responden tidak mengalami demensia/ normal. Hasil uji statistic menunjukkan ada hubungan antara status gizi (p=0,002) dan aktivitas fisik sehari-hari (p=0,029) dengan tingkat demensia pada lansia di Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha (PSTW) Kasih Sayang Ibu Batu Sangkar. Kesimpulan penelitian bahwa status gizi dan aktivitas fisik sehari-hari berhubungan dengan tingkat demensia pada lansia. Diharapkan kepada pihak pelayanan kesehatan untuk selalu melakukan pengontrolan dan upaya pengecekan kondisi kesehatan lansia yang ada di Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha (PSTW) Kasih Sayang Ibu Batu Sangkar secara rutin, agar kondisi kesehatan lansia selalu terpantau dan mendapatkan penanganan medis sejak dini jika ditemukan kondisi-kondisi permasalahan kesehatan pada lansia.

Dementia is a collection of symptoms caused by certain diseases or conditions resulting in changes in personality and behavior. Dementia is also closely related to elderly people. Elderly people aged > 60 years are more at risk of developing dementia. This study aims to identify the relationship between nutritional status and physical activity with the level of dementia in the elderly. This research uses descriptive analytical methods with a cross sectional study approach. The research population was 60 people with a total sampling technique. The research instrument was a questionnaire and was analyzed univariately and bivariately using the chi square test. The results showed that almost half (38.3%) of the respondents had normal nutritional status, more than half (73.3%) of the respondents were independent in carrying out daily physical activities, and almost half (43.3%) of the respondents did not experience dementia. / normal. The results of statistical tests showed that there was a relationship between nutritional status (p=0.002) and daily physical activity (p=0.029) with the level of dementia in the elderly at the Kasih Kasih Ibu Batu Sangkar Tresna Werdha Social Home (PSTW). The research conclusion is that nutritional status and daily physical activity are related to the level of dementia in the elderly. It is hoped that health services will always control and check the health condition of the elderly at the Tresna Werdha Social Home (PSTW) Kasih Kasih Ibu Batu Sangkar on a regular basis, so that the health condition of the elderly is always monitored and they receive early medical treatment if conditions are discovered. health problems in the elderly.