| Abstrak/Abstract |
The growth of the elderly population in Indonesia from year to year has always increased, followed by the problem of decreasing physical strength and psychological health of the elderly. These problems can affect the independence of the elderly in ADL. In previous studies, various factors affect independence in ADLs such as cognitive, psychological, economic, nutrition, and health. However, general, these studies only focus on predictive analysis or correlation of variables, and to our knowledge no research has attempted to identify the causal relationships among factors representing the elderly independence. Therefore, this research aims to estimate the causal mechanisms between factors which influence the independence of the elderly in ADLs using a casual method called S3C-Latent. In this research, we found both causal and associative relationships between the factors.The ADLs were influenced by cognitive, psychological, nutritional, and health factors and gender which satisfies πsel with reliability score (0.61; 0.61; 1.00; 0.65; 0.70; respectively). Cognitive factors associated with psychological, economic, nutrition, and health which satisfies πsel with reliability score ( 0.77; 1.00; 1.00; 0.64; respectively ). Furthermore, psychological factors associated with economy, nutrition, and health which satisfies πsel with reliability score ( 0.77; 0.95; 0.63; respectively). Besides, economic factors were found to be associated with nutrition and health which satisfies πsel with reliability score ( 0.86; 0.75; respectively ) and nutrition with health which satisfies πsel with reliability score 0.64. The last association was found between nutritional factors and gender which satisfies πsel with reliability score 0.76. The estimated causal model is expected to be a scientific reference for the health providers as well asthe caregivers who focus on the elderly independence on ADLs. |
