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Depression is the major contributor on health economic burden in elderly
and predicted to be the main cause of disease burden in elderly population on
2020. The prevalence of depression in elderly more than> 65 years maybe as high
as 40 % in warded patient and nursing home residents and about 8-15% in
normal population.
on and usually related to chronic disease, pol
Majority of elderly community is well known to have risk factors for
malnutrit ypharmacy, reduced in
mobility and also socio phsyological changes due to aging process. Relation
between depression and malnutrition can be explain by poor intake in patient
with depression and also presence of proinflammatory cytokine activity. Study
performed by Salimi et al (2008) showed that albumin level and total protein
reduce significantly compared with control.
ion and
Latest survey showed that meditation, relaxation and breathing exercise to
reduce anxiety , depression and chronic pain. LPD is one of the method used in
mind and body therapy is a method that combined relaxation and dzikir (repetitive
prays) with focus on breathing exercise and spirit in repetitive prayer to stimulate
relaxation response that hopefully able to improve symptoms of depress
stress.
asy. The sample collection was The design of this study is experimental qu
done by consecutive sampling. The subject of the study is elderly in Klaten
regency Central Java who visited Posyandu (primary health care) and fulfill
inclusion and exclusion criteria. The effect of LPD on handgrip strength in
elderly was measured with independent t test and if distribution is abnormal,
Mann Whitney test will be perform. The difference considered significant if p <
0.005 with Confident interval 95%.
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