<![CDATA[Psychological stress and blood glucose regulation among patients with diabetes mellitusBackground: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by an increase in blood sugar. Diabetes mellitus has caused around 1.6 million deaths directly and 2.2 million deaths caused by complications of diabetes. The exact cause of diabetes mellitus is still unknown. Diabetes mellitus until now, not yet cured and only controlled by blood sugar levels. One cause of instability in blood sugar levels in diabetics is because of the stress caused by the disease process.Purpose: Knowing psychological stress and blood glucose regulation among patients with diabetes mellitus.Method: A quantitative, cross sectional design. The populations in this study were 262 patients with diabetes mellitus, a total sample of 159 patients with a purposive sampling technique. The analysis used the person product moment test.Results: Shows an average stress score of patients with diabetes mellitus was 24.58 ± 3.946 and the average blood sugar level of patients with diabetes mellitus was 227.52 ± 7.754 mg/dl, the analysis results obtained r = 0.701; p-value 0,000.Conclusion: There was psychological stress and blood glucose regulation among patients with diabetes mellitus, it is recommended that they try to run a regular diet and prevent various complications of diabetes mellitus and try to do activities that can reduce stress levels such as by exercising and doing relaxation.Keywords: Psychological stress; Blood glucose; Diabetes mellitusPendahuluan: Diabetes mellitus merupakan penyakit gangguan metabolisme kronis yang ditandai peningkatan gula darah. Diabetes mellitus telah menyebabkan sekitar 1,6 juta kematian secara langsung dan 2,2 juta kematian yang disebabkan komplikasi diabetes. Penyebab pasti dari penyakit diabetes mellitus sampai saat ini belum diketahui. Penyakit diabetes mellitus sampai saat ini belum dapat disembuhkan dan hanya dapat dilakukan pengontrolan kadar gula darah. Salah satu penyebab ketidakstabilan kadar gula darah pada penderita diabetes diantaranya karena terjadinya stres akibat dari proses penyakit.Tujuan: Diketahui hubungan stres dengan kadar gula darah penderita diabetes mellitus.Metode: Jenis penelitian kuantitatif, rancangan cross sectional. Populasi penderita diabetes mellitus yang berjumlah 262 responden, besar sampel yang diambil sebanyak 159 responden dengan teknik purposive sampling. Analisis menggunakan uji person product moment.Hasil: Menunjukkan rata-rata skor stres penderita diabetes mellitus adalah 24,58±3,946 dan rata-rata kadar gula darah penderita diabetes mellitus adalah 227,52±7,754 mg/dl, hasil analisis didapatkan r = 0,701; p-value 0,000.Simpulan: Ada hubungan antara stres dengan kadar gula darah penderita diabetes mellitus. Bagi penderita diabetes melitus disarankan agar berusaha menjalankan diet yang teratur dan melakukan pencegahan berbagai komplikasi diabetes mellitus serta berusaha melakukan aktivitas yang dapat menurunkan tingkat stres seperti dengan berolahraga serta melakukan relaksasi. ]]>
