HUBUNGAN ANTARA STRES KERJA DENGAN ANDROPAUSE PADA PRIA LANJUT USIA DI KABUPATEN TEMANGGUNG

Objective: At the time, elderly men will experinece a condition due to the aging process called andropause. Andropause is a condition where ther is a decrease of physical, sexual and psychological ability in men that assosiated to the reduced or the lost of testosteron levels in blood plasma due to the aging process. Research shows that the prevalence of andropause is big enough, it about 70,94%. It shows that the most men will experience andropause, it only differ in onset or the beginning age when andropause occur. Obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and physical stress or even psychological stress are some factors that can accelerate the occurance of andropause in men. The purpose of this study is to find out the correlation between work stress with andropause in elderly men in Temanggung. Methods: An observational analitic research in cross sectional approaching. This study conducted on 320 men in the age of 40-60 years old who have job. This study use Purposive Random Sampling, choosing the subjects based on characteristics of population, on proportional method by considering the number of population of each subdisticts. The data is collected by a questionairre. The data will be analyzed with analytic method of Lambda Correlation Test in software SPSS 17.0 for windows. Results: The result of statistical analytic with Lambda Correlation Test, either by manual calculation or calculation in SPSS 17.0 for Windows, obtained that the value of r=0.408 and the positive direction of correlation. Conclusion: Based on the result of that Lambda Correlation Test, it can be concluded that there is a correlation between job stress and andropause in elderly men in Temanggung regency, the strength of correlation is average (r=0.408) an