Jurnal Keperawatan Soedirman (The Soedirman Journal of Nursing)
Vol. 03 No. 3 (2008)

Eksplorasi Persepsi Penderita tentang Faktor-Faktor Penyebab dan Dampak Penyakit DIabetes Melitus di Wilayah Puskesma Purwokerto Barat, Kecamatan Purwokerto Barat, Kabupaten Banyumas

Sumarwati, Made (Unknown)
Sejati, Waluyo (Unknown)
Pramitasari, Roisca Dyah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Nov 2008

Abstract

This study explored patient perception about risk factors and impacts of diabetes mellitus. This study used a qualitative descriptive design. Seven participants were interviewed about their perceptions of risk factors and impacts of Diabetes mellitus. The interviews were transcribed and content analysis was used to examine the data. Data analysis revealed the following themes: diet, stress, genetics, and lack of exercise are contributing to Diabetes mellitus. Impacts of the disease are discomfort because of diabetes complication, lack of dependency, sad and cost of treatment. The research outcomes highlight the varied beliefs of participants and numerous impacts of diabetes mellitus.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jks

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Nursing

Description

The Jurnal Keperawatan Soedirman (JKS) is a peer review and open access journal which publishes scientific works on the nursing and health science field (pISSN: 1907-6673, e- ISSN: 2579-9320). This journal was established in 2006 and developed by the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, ...