HUBUNGAN SELF CARE MANAGEMENT DAN KUALITAS HIDUP PADA PENDERITA DIABETES MELITUS

Lack of self-care management can affect the quality of life of diabetes mellitus sufferers, an ineffective lifestyle and unhealthy eating patterns can affect the quality of life of diabetes mellitus sufferers. If Diabetes Mellitus sufferers do not carry out effective self-care management, it can worsen the sufferer's condition resulting in unstable blood sugar, decreased quality of life, and even a high risk of complications. The parts that include self-care management are regulating eating patterns (diet), physical activity, regular exercise, controlling blood sugar, compliance with taking medication, and self/foot care. If the implementation of self-care management is effective, it can help improve the quality of life for diabetes mellitus sufferers.
This research is a quantitative research with a descriptive correlation research design using a cross-sectional approach. The total sample in this study consisted of 90 respondents with the criteria of diabetes mellitus sufferers aged 20-90 years. Data collection was carried out at the Janti Community Health Center with a total population of 876 people. The test used in this research is the Spearman correlation test. Data collection was carried out using the Accidental Sampling technique, the instruments used were the Diabetes Self Management Questionnaire (DSMQ) and the DQOL Brief Clinical Inventory questionnaire.
The research results showed that the majority of diabetes mellitus sufferers had low self-care management, namely 78 respondents (86.7%). Using Spearman correlation test analysis shows that there is a relationship between self-care management and quality of life in diabetes mellitus sufferers as indicated by a significance value (0.000) > α (0.05).
There is a statistically significant relationship between self-care management and quality of life in diabetes mellitus sufferers.