The Influence of Knowledge, Attitude and Self Efficacy On The Preparedness Of The Elderly In Facing Disaster

In occurance of calamity, the elderly develops a particularly vulnerable population. Handling to initiative
catastrophe victims properly and immediately will result in fewer casualties. Mitigating preparedness, particularly
for the elderly, is one step used to lessen the effects of disasters. Many elderly people suffer because they are not
well prepared to deal with disasters, such as by not having an emergency plan or appropriate knowledge of
disasters. The main objective of this study is to determine the preparedness disaster of elderly in relation to their
knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy. This type of research was quantitative with a cross-sectional design. The
research sample consisted of 280 people using random sampling techniques. The data was analized with linear
regression t-test to determine the influence of knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy of elderly population readiness.
The F-test is used to determine the simultaneous influence of knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy on the
preparedness of the elderly in facing a natural catastrophe. The results show the characteristics of most
respondents were 153 women (54.6%), the majority were elderly aged 55-65 years as many as 180 people (64.2%)
and the majority of elderly people lived with their partner (husband/wife). The results showed that attitude has no
influence on disaster preparedness, the calculated t value < t table (-1,351< 1,667), self-efficacy has an influence
on preparedness in facing disasters with t calculated > t tabel (3,816> 1,667), the knowledge variable has an
influence on the preparedness of the elderly in facing disasters with t count> t table (1,974> 1,667). These results
show that there is an influence of self-efficacy on elderly preparedness. Simultaneously knowledge, attitude, and
self-efficacy on the elderly preparedness in facing natural disasters with F cunt greater that F table value (6,512>
1,65) and a significance value of 0,000.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Self-Efficacy, Preparedness, Elderly