Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Terhadap Manajemen Diri Pasien Prolanis Diabetes Mellitus Tipe 2 di Puskesmas 1 Purwokerto Timur

Siti Rohimah Nurasyifa (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Purwokerto (Indonesia))
Vitis Vini Fera RU (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Purwokerto (Indonesia))
Hening Pratiwi (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Purwokerto (Indonesia))

Acta Pharmaciae Indonesia : Acta Pharm Indo
Vol 9 No 2 (2021): Acta Pharmaciae Indonesia : Acta Pharm Indo

Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by blood glucose elevation and long-term illness that requires good self-management. Patient knowledge has important role to overcome self-management. This study aims to assess relationship between patient's knowledge level and self-management. This research used observational study with cross sectional approach. Patient knowledge level was measured by Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ-24) and self-management level was measured by Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ). This study was held in East Purwokerto I Public Health Center and data sources were collected by accidental sampling technique. The sample used in this study was 35. The result showed that there was a correlation between patient knowledge level to self-management p = 0,000, r = 0,838 in diabetes mellitus type 2.