Penelitian dilatar belakangi oleh jumlah lansia di Indonesia pada tahun 2021 sebanyak 29,3 juta jiwa, jumlah lansia di Jawa Barat pada 2021 sebanyak 4,9 juta jiwa, dan jumlah lansia di Kota Bandung pada 2021 sebanyak 275.920 jiwa, seiring bertambahnya usia, lansia mengalami penurunan dalam hubungan sosial dan penarikan diri dari orang lain, yang dapat mengakibatkan penurunan pada kualitas hidupnya. Keadaan lansia di RW 16 yang kurang aktif dalam berinteraksi sosial, lansia kurang aktif dalam mengikuti kegiatan posbindu, gotong royong, dan kegiataan keagamaan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan interaksi sosial dengan kualitas hidup pada lansia di RW 16 Kelurahan Tamansari Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Tamansari Kota Bandung. Rancangan penelitian ini menggunakan Cross Sectional. Alat pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner WHOQOL-OLD dan Interaksi Sosial. Analisa data univariat dan uji statistik spearmans rho untuk melihat hubungan antar variabel. Hasil penelitian didapatkan sebagian besar dari responden yaitu (71,7%) interaksi sosial sedang. Dan sebagian besar kualitas hidup tinggi (85%). Ada Hubungan Interaksi Sosial dengan Kualitas Hidup pada Lansia di RW 16 Kelurahan Tamansari Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Tamansari Kota Bandung. Dengan nilai p-value 0,001 lebih kecil dari 0,05. Kesimpulan dan saran pada penelitian ini, interaksi sosial akan berpotensi pada masalah kualitas hidup dengan demikian responden perlu mempertahankan interaksi sosial baik secara kontak sosial maupun komunikasi, agar interaksi sosial tetap baik sehingga kualitas hidup baik lansia bisa rutin mengikuti posbindu setiap bulan, kegiataan keagamaan di lingkungan sekitar.
Kata Kunci : Kualitas hidup, interaksi sosial, lansiaThe research is motivated by the number of elderly people in Indonesia in 2021 as many as 29.3 million people, the number of elderly people in West Java in 2021 as many as 4.9 million people, and the number of elderly people in Bandung City in 2021 as many as 275,920 people, as they get older, the elderly experience decline in social relationships and withdrawal from others, which can lead to a decrease in quality of life. The condition of the elderly in RW 16 who are less active in social interaction, the elderly are less active in participating in posbindu activities, mutual cooperation, and religious activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social interaction and quality of life in the elderly in RW 16, Tamansari Village, Working Area of the Tamansari Health Center, Bandung City. The design of this study uses Cross Sectional. The data collection tool uses the WHOQOL-OLD questionnaire and Social Interaction. Univariate data analysis and Spearman's rho statistical test to see the relationship between variables. The results obtained from the majority of respondents (71.7%) moderate social interaction. And most of the quality of life is high (85%). There is a Relationship between Social Interaction and Quality of Life in the Elderly in RW 16, Tamansari Village, Working Area of the Tamansari Health Center, Bandung City. With a p-value of 0.001 less than 0.05. Conclusions and suggestions in this study, social interaction will have the potential to cause quality of life problems thus respondents need to maintain social interaction both socially and in communication, so that social interaction remains good so that the quality of life for both the elderly can routinely attend posbindu every month, religious activities in the surrounding environment .
Keywords : Social Interaction, Quality of Life, Elderly.