THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BALANCE EXERCISE ON CHANGES IN THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF THE ELDERLY

Abstract

Abstract
The increasing life expectancy is in line with the increasing number of elderly people that causing the elderly to be a risk group (At Risk). The risks that arise in the elderly are changes in functional status in daily activities. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of balance training on changes in the functional status of the elderly at the Tresna Werdha Nirwana Puri Social Home Samarinda. The method used in this study is a quasi-experimental research with a pre and post approach with control group design. Meanwhile the research samplers were 40 elderly people. The samplers were divided into 20 elderly as intervention group and 20 elderly as control group. The intervention group was given balance exercises 3 times in a week for 3 consecutive weeks. The instrument used in assessing functional status is the Barthel Index. The results of the study based on the Wilcoxon test in the control group, the Asym value. Sig (2-tailed) was obtained P value 0.428, or P value > 0.005, meaning that there was no difference in functional status scores between pre and post in the elderly in the control group. While in the intervention group with the Asym value. Sig (2-tailed), was obtained P value 0.000, or P value < 0.05, meaning that there was a difference in functional status scores between before and after balance exercise. Finally, balance training is effective in improving the functional status of the elderly.
Keywords: Elderly, functional status, balance exercise