<![CDATA[Depresi merupakan gangguan psikiatrik yang sangat sering terjadi pada lanjut usia. Faktor penyebab depresi lansia antara lain ditinggal oleh semua anak, tidak lagi bekerja, tidak mempunyai kegiatan, kematian orang yang dicintai. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan karakteristik dengan tingkat depresi pada lansia di panti sosial tresna werdha Sicincin tahun 2018. Penelitian ini merupakan studi analisis dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Variabel penelitian yaitu umur, jenis kelamin, pendidikan dan lama tinggal, serta tingkat depresi. Populasinya seluruh lansia di PSTW, jumlah 110 orang. Teknik sampling secara total sampling. Analisa bivariat dengan uji chi square. Hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa sebagian besar lansia mengalami depresi, berusia beresiko yaitu > 65 tahun, mayoritas lansia berjenis kelamin laki-laki, tingkat pendidikan lansia mayoritas rendah, lama tinggal lansia di panti sebagian besar beresiko ≥ 4 tahun. Uji bivariatnya tidak ada hubungan umur, jenis kelamin dan lama tinggal dengan depresi serta ada hubungan tingkat pendidikan dengan depresi. Kata kunci: depresi, karakteristik lansia RELATIONSHIP CHARACTERISTICS WITH INCIDENCE OF DEPRESSION IN THE ELDERLY ABSTRACTDepression is a psychiatric disorder that is very common in the elderly. Factors causing depression in the elderly include being abandoned by all children, no longer working, no activity, death of a loved one. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of characteristics with the level of depression in the elderly in the social home of Vesna Sicincin in 2018. This study was an analytical study with a cross sectional approach. The research variables are age, sex, education and length of stay, and the level of depression. The population is all elderly in PSTW, the number of 110 people. Sampling technique in total sampling. Bivariate analysis with chi square test. The results showed that most of the elderly are depressed, aged at risk that is> 65 years, the majority of the elderly are male, the majority of the elderly's education level is low, the length of stay of the elderly at home is mostly at risk ≥ 4 years. The bivariate test had no relationship with age, sex and length of stay with depression and there was a relationship between education level and depression. Keywords: depression, characteristics of the elderly]]>
