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    Association between the level of knowledge and practice on self-care of older adults in the community from sector 6, group 6, from the district of Villa El Salvador - 2022
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2023-09-07) Jaramillo Napuche, Juliana Elizabet; Cárdenas de Fernández, María Hilda
    The present investigation had as objective to determine the association between the Level of Knowledge and Practice on Self-care that the Elderly Adult of the Community of Sector 6 Group 6 has, of the District of Villa El Salvador-2022. Study that was of the applied type, with a descriptive correlational cross-sectional design with a quantitative approach, in which the hypothetical and deductive method was applied. The population consisted of 108 older adults from the Community of Sector 6 Group 6, of the District of Villa El Salvador. The instruments applied were for the variable level of knowledge about self-care of the elderly, a questionnaire was used. For the self-care practice variable, the instrument "CYPAC TEST -AM. Results: according to the Pearson correlation coefficient, 0.194 was obtained, which indicates a low positive correlation between both variables analyzed, which is significant. Of the population, 88.9% presented a medium level of knowledge and a partially adequate self-care practice with 68%, followed by high knowledge with 10.2% and an inadequate self-care practice with 24.1%, 9% presented a level of knowledge low and a completely adequate practice with a percentage of 7.4%. Conclusions: According to the results obtained, it is concluded that there is a low positive association between the level of knowledge and the practice of self-care of the elderly in the Community of Sector 6 Group 6, of the District of Villa El Salvador.