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Ester Inung Sylvia
Health Polytechnic of Palangka Raya (Poltekkes Palangka Raya), Indonesia
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Determinants of Pre-Diabetes on Teenagers in Palangka Raya City Ester Inung Sylvia; Visia Didin Ardiyani
GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal) Vol. 3 No. 3 (2019)
Publisher : Yayasan Aliansi Cendekiawan Indonesia Thailand (Indonesian Scholars' Alliance)

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Background: Pre-diabetes is a stage prior to diabetes mellitus (DM) and many studies in west countries found the risk factors of diabetes were mostly related to the nutritional status of being overweight and obese. Diabetes mellitus is not only experienced by adults but also by teenagers. They have the potential for pre-diabetes because they may have unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking, consuming alcohol, high-calories, and junk foods and lack of physical activity. This study aims to determine the risk factors of pre-diabetes among senior high school students in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Methods: This study was a qualitative study using a questionnaire as an instrument for data collection. It consists of a set of questions on diabetes risk. This research conducted in four public senior high schools in Palangka Raya with the total sample was 131 respondents have participated in this research. Results: 25 respondents (19.1%) from a total sample of 131 participants suffered from pre-diabetes and 30.5% of respondents had a family with DM. Some students (6.9%) had a smoking habit and 13% incidence of prediabetes in high school students related to these factors (R2: 0.13). Only less than half of the total respondents (43.5%) had a normal BMI. As many as 39.7% of respondents were undernourished while the rest were overweight. Conclusion: Pre-diabetes factors on teenagers in Palangka Raya are female dominate had a history of DM, and being overweight. This study further leads to the importance of weight control that focusing on physical activity and dietary management as early precautions. Health education is required to suppress the number of risk factors for diabetes. Keywords: Pre-diabetes, Palangka Raya High School Students, Indonesia Received: 14 May 2019 Reviewed: 29 May 2019 Revised: 16 June 2019 Accepted: 6 July 2019 DOI: 10.35898/ghmj-33584
HEALTH LITERACY AND DIABETES RISK FACTORS SCORE Elis Fitria; Ester Inung Sylvia; Gad Datak
Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Health No. 4 (2019)
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Introduction: Health literacy is an ability of people to get, process and understand the health information and services to make a health decision. Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is known as one of major health problem around the world. Decreasing the new cases of DM can be done by applying healthy lifestyle. Health literacy affects to people’s life style. This study aims to examine health literacy level of civil administration servant in Central Kalimantan with Diabetes risk factors score. Methods: Totally 42 respondents were recruited in this study. HLS-EU-Q16 was used to measure health literacy level and Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire was used to measure diabetes risk factors score. The data was analyzed in univariate and bivariate analysis used Chi-square. Results: Majority of respondents had aged under 45 years old (85.7%) and male (54.8%). The health literacy level of respondents was high (59.5%) and most of them had low risk of diabetes (69.0%). By using Chi-square, health literacy level was statistically significant with diabetes risk factors score (p=0.028). The risk factors for diabetes that mostly found were overweight, low physical activity, family history of diabetes and not consumed fruit and vegetables every day. Conclusion: Health literacy level was statistically significant with diabetes risk factors score. The government should promote healthy lifestyle to decrease the risk of getting non-communicable disease such as Diabetes Mellitus not only for civil servant but also general population. Keywords Health literacy, Diabetes risk factors, Civil servant, Central Kalimantan
Co-Authors Elis Fitria Gad Datak Visia Didin Ardiyani