SELF CARE ON DIABETES MELLITUS MEDICAL PATIENT AT HEALTH CENTER TUBAN AREA

Abstract

Abstract. Self care is a form of self-care for DM sufferers to maintain health and life, overcome
complications caused and prevent complications from occurring, but until now complications are still
found in DM sufferers. The aim of the study was to find out self-care for DM sufferers in the Tuban
Health Center area. This research uses a descriptive research design with a cross-sectional approach.
The study population of active prolanis participants with diabetes mellitus at the Tuban Health Center
totaled 126 people with a sample of 96 people. using techniques simple random sampling. The
research variable is DM self-care which includes nutritional therapy, physical exercise, foot care,
taking medication and monitoring blood sugar. The research instrument used the SDSCA
questionnaire. The results showed that almost all (96%) people with diabetes mellitus had self care
nutritional therapy is in good category, most (56%) DM sufferers do less physical exercise, almost
half (46%) DM sufferers do foot care in good category, almost all (88%) DM sufferers do
pharmacological therapy in good category and almost all (91%) DM sufferers lack monitoring of
blood sugar. DM sufferers do self care DM kindly, but still there self care What is lacking is the
physical exercise component and blood sugar monitoring. To increase self care DM sufferers both in
all categories are required to provide intervention, motivation, and further health education related to
diabetes mellitus self care DM sufferers during prolanis activities so as to improve quality of life and
prevent and overcome complications due to diabetes.
Keywords: diabetes mellitus, self-care, complications