PERBEDAAN KEMAMPUAN FLEKSIBILITAS SIT AND REACH TEST BERDASARKAN USIA, JENIS KELAMIN, PENYAKIT SENDI DAN RASIO LINGKAR PINGGANG PANGGUL (RLPP) PADA USIA 15 – 59 TAHUN DI KELURAHAN DUREN SAWIT JAKARTA TIMUR TAHUN 2012

Abstract

This study aims to determine if there are difference in the ability of flexibility using sit and reach test based on age, sex, joint disease and waist to hip ratio at age 15-59 years in Duren Sawit East Jakarta in 2012. The study used cross sectional design. The study was conducted in the residential area of district Duren Sawit, East Jakarta of the initial period February 2012. The sample is a population that met the standards of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Large sample set with any degree of confidence 95% and precision (d) = 0.1 by the number of samples obtained were 109 people, but who analyzed is 133 people. Data were analyzed with non-parametric test (Mann-Whitney Test) and Chi Square Test. The results of the study by Mann-Whitney test and chi square value obtained p>0.05 this indicates that there is no difference in the the ability of flexibility based on age, sex, joint disease, waist to hip ratio is significant. There is a tendency of the average difference between the ability to sit and reach flexibility test based on age, sex, joint disease and waist to hip ratio and the difference in the ability to sit and reach flexibility test is not normal to normal by age group, gender, joint disease and waist to hip ratio. However, the statistics do not show significant do not show significant difference.