<![CDATA[Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease when it is not managed properly, it will cause various kinds of chronic complications that is caused by non-compliant self-care behavior. DSME is one of the efforts to prevent complications and to increase the ability of caring independently. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of DSME with the audiovisual method on self-care behavior on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus The design of this study is non-equivalent control group design, with Consecutive Sampling technique. The sample in this study were 44 respondents, with 22 respondents were included in treatment groups and 22 respondents were included in control groups. Statistical analysis used was Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The results of study showed that in the treatment group the pre-test results had the mean value of 4.13 with standard deviation of 1.08, while the post-test results had the mean value of 6.45 with standard deviation of 0.67. After performing analyses using Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, the results showed sig = 0.000 < 0.05. It means there was an effect of DSME with the audiovisual method on self-care behavior on patients with type 2 DM at RSI Fatimah Banyuwangi in 2022. Audiovisual DSME can prevent complications, improve quality of life by influencing behavior and produce changes in knowledge, attitudes and behavior needed to maintain the health of DM patients. Keywords: Audiovisual DSME, Self-Care Behavior, Diabetes Mellitus]]>
