Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat
Vol 19, No 1 (2023)

Assessment of Self-Care Activities Using Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire in Diabetes Patients

Balgis Balgis (Sebelas Maret University)
Selfi Handayani (Sebelas Maret University)
Sumardiyono Sumardiyono (Sebelas Maret University)
Nur Kholifah Putri Taufan (Sebelas Maret University)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Jul 2023

Abstract

One of the non-communicable diseases found in all regions of the world, including rural areas, is Diabetes Mellitus, caused by a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by increased glucose levels in the blood due to impaired insulin secretion. Diabetic neuropathy is damage to peripheral nerves or peripheral nerves commonly experienced by people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, characterized by excessive pain and decreased sensitivity to touch. The purpose of this study was to determine the self-management carried out by diabetic patients in the city of Surakarta. This study is cross-sectional with a sample of 99 respondents using a purposive sampling technique with inclusion criteria of 40-60 years of age and type 2 DM patients. The tests carried out were the inter-class intercorrelation coefficient test and the Kruskal–Wallis test using SPSS. The results of this study mean the highest interclass correlation coefficient was the diabetic foot care subclass with a value of 0.773 representing the homogeneity of the DMSQ questions and a confidence interval of 0.687-0.839 at 95% with a significance of p 0.05 in each subclass.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kemas

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

KEMAS Journal: Research Study in Public Health publishes the article based on research or equivalent to research results in public health or other disciplines related to public health that has not been loaded/published by other media. The journal contains articles about epidemiology and ...