1 st International Respati Health Conference (IRHC) [Juli 2019] QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY WOMEN WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS 206 QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY WOMEN WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS Asyifa Robiatul Adawiyah 1* , Tri Suratmi 1,2 , Tri Budi W. Rahardjo 1,2 1 Universitas Respati Indonesia 2 Center for Family and AGING Studies (CeFAS) URINDO *corresponding author: asyifa2506@gmail.com Abstract Elderly women who had the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis are reported to have a higher, more pain, and loss of knee function related to quality of life (27.5%) compared to elderly males (21.8%). The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of life of elderly women with knee osteoarthritis. Method, this study is a cross sectional research design with a linear regression analysis method. The population were all elderly women with osteoarthritis (age> 45 years) in General Hospital of Bekasi as many as 80 elderly women were taken by consecutive sampling. Data was collected by interviews with a questionnaire. The Variables analyzed demographic characteristics such as age, body mass index (BMI), education, exercise routine, a history of osteoarthritis in their family, employment status, and the use of walking aids to determines about factors that associated with osteoarthritis index through the instrument of WOMAC (the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index) as a measuring instrument joint pain and disability of osteoarthritis patients,we correlate the osteoarthritis index to the quality of life through a questionnaire WHOQOL-OLD. The average score obtained is 2.71 in the Standardized Total Score (range 1-5) in the WHOQOL-OLD guide, which means they have a poor quality of life with the correlation value obtained from the relationship of the Osteoratritis Index with quality of life is r = - 0.601 (p value <0.001). Elderly women with knee osteoarthritis are in a position of poor quality of life. Keywords: elderly, osteoarthritis, hospital 1. INTRODUCTION The prevalence of osteoarthritis in Indonesia by 5% at age <40 years, 30% at age 40-60 years. The prevalence in those aged> 60 years, reaching 65% [1]. Prevalence based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), impaired OA population in Indonesia is 8.1% of the total population and women have twice risk higher than men. According to data from 2013 from Basic Health Research (Riset Kesehatan Dasar) the highest prevalence at age ≥75 years (33% and 54.8%). Prevalence at the diagnosis of health workers is higher in women (13.4%) than men (10.3%) were diagnosed as well as health workers or symptoms in women (27.5%) is higher than men (21.8 %). The prevalence in West Java, and for the second largest known is East Nusa Tenggara (33.1%) about 32.1% [2]. While the prevalence of osteoarthritis in the Regional General Hospital of Bekasi continues to increase which in 2013 amounted to 11.2% (97 people), in 2014 was 12.5% (105 people), and in 2015 by 16% (154 people) with prevalence of 78.6% were female between 50-81 years old. Women are more often affected osteoarthritis knee with more pain and functional loss associated with quality of life than men. While men more often osteoarthritis thigh, wrist and neck. Overall, under 45 years, the frequency of osteoarthritis (OA) approximatelyequally between the men and women, but over the age of 50 years (after menopause) frequency osteoarthritis more in women than men. This shows the hormonal role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis 3 .The prevalence of hand and knee of OA increases and more in women than men, especially those aged over 50 years old. The number of individuals affected by osteoarthritis are estimated continue increase with increasing age of the population. Various impacts of