Hubungan Health Locus Of Control Dengan Self-Care Behavior Pasien Diabetes Mellitus Tipe 2

Baiq Ruli Fatmawati (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Yarsi Mataram)
Zaenal Arifin (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Yarsi Mataram)
Dewi Nur Sukma Purqoti (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Yarsi Mataram)
Ilham Ilham (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Yarsi Mataram)

Surya Medika: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Keperawatan dan Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat
Vol 18, No 1 (2023)

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by an increase in glucose levels in the blood, so it is required to carry out a series of DM management independently with the aim of avoiding the risk of complications and controlling glucose levels in the blood. Health locus of control is a belief in controlling the good and bad of a person's health behavior.The objective: This research is to determine the relationship between health locus of control and self-care behavior of Diabetes Mellitus type 2 patients in working area of Penimbung public health centerMethods: The method uses a cross-sectional study design. The sample consisted of 81 respondents with purposive sampling method. Results: The results of the spearman rank correlation test showed that there was a significant relationship with positive strength between HLoC and self-care behavior (ρ-value 0.005).Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between the health locus of control and the self-care behavior of patients with Diabetes Meilitus type 2.Keywords: DM type 2; Health Locus Of Control; self-care behavior