ABSTRAK Setiap tahunnya, prevalensi penderita DFU semakin meningkat, dari 0,5 % menjadi 3 % setiap tahunnya. Ulkus diabetes dan amputasi ekstremitas bawah merupakan komplikasi diabetes yang akan meningkatkan mortalitas dan morbiditas setelah lima tahun amputasi pertama. Sebanyak 28 – 51 % pasien akan menjalani amputasi kedua. Tren terbaru panduan tambahan tentang pencegahan DFU mencakup salah satunya pemantauan sensasi sensorik. Mendeteksi secara dini sensasi sensorik pada kaki sebagai upaya pencegahan Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) penyandang DM dengan pemeriksaan kaki yang mudah dipahami dan diaplikasikan secara mandiri. Kegiatan edukasi dilakukan di Desa Temajuk, Kab. Sambas yang diikuti oleh kelompok dewasa dan lansia. Pre-test diberikan sebelum edukasi kemudian dilanjutkan dengan pemberian materi tentang pencegahan penyakit gagal ginjal kronik menggunakan media power point. Kegiatan diakhiri dengan pemberian pos-test kepada responden. Sebelum diberikan edukasi, sebagian besar pengetahuan responden rendah (53,3%), dan setelah diberikan edukasi sebagian besar pengetahuan responden tinggi (73,3%). Terdapat peningkatan pengetahuan pada kelompok dewasa dan lansia setelah diberikan Edukasi dan demonstrasi pengenalan sensasi sensorik pada kaki diabetes melitus sebagai upaya pencegahan Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU).   Kata Kunci: Deteksi Dini, Diabetic Foot Ulcer, Sensasi Sensorik  ABSTRACT Every year, the prevalence of DFU sufferers increases, from 0.5% to 3% every year. Diabetic ulcers and lower extremity amputations are complications of diabetes that will increase mortality and morbidity after five years of the first amputation. As many as 28 – 51% of patients will undergo a second amputation. The latest trend in additional guidance on preventing DFU includes monitoring sensory sensations. Early detection of sensory sensations in the feet as an effort to prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) for people with DM with foot examinations that are easy to understand and apply independently. Educational activities were carried out in Temajuk Village, Kab. Sambas was attended by adult and elderly groups. The pre-test was given before education, then continued with providing material about preventing chronic kidney failure using power point media. The activity ended with giving a post-test to respondents. Before being given education, most respondents' knowledge was low (53.3%), and after being given education, most respondents' knowledge was high (73.3%). There is an increase in knowledge in the adult and elderly groups after being provided with education and demonstrations regarding the introduction of sensory sensations in diabetes mellitus feet as an effort to prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU). Keywords:  Early Detection, Diabetic Foot Ulcer, Sensory Sensation
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
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