TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PASIEN DIABETES MELLITUS TERHADAP FAKTOR RISIKO ULKUS DIABETIKUM DI RSUD DR. PIRNGADI MEDAN

HARY ILHAM BASTANTA (UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA)
MUHAMMAD KHADAFI (UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA)

JURNAL ILMIAH SIMANTEK
Vol 5 No 2 (2021): JURNAL ILMIAH SIMANTEK

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of chronic metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia associated with severalorgans of the body. One chronic complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic ulcer with risk factors are ischemic, neuropathyand infection. The purpose of this study is to determine the diabetes mellitus patients’ level of knowledge toward risk factor ofoccurrence diabetic ulcer. The design used in this study is cross sectional, using validated questionnaires towards 60respondents. The knowledge of the diabetes mellitus patients toward risk factor of occurrence diabetic ulcer turns out to begood enough, with a result of 55,0% of the sample which equals to 33 respondents. The diabetes mellitus patients’ level ofknowledge toward risk factor of occurrence diabetic ulcer are categorized as good enough.