Media Keperawatan Indonesia
Vol 6, No 2 (2023)

Self management of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Tasikmalaya

Miftahul Falah (Program Sarjana Keperawatan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tasikmalaya)
Lilis Lismayanti (Program Sarjana Keperawatan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tasikmalaya)
Nina Pamela Sari (Program Sarjana Keperawatan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tasikmalaya)
Apep Ibnu Mu’ti (Program Sarjana Keperawatan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tasikmalaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 May 2023

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a non-communicable disease caused by the inability of individuals to manage disease and maintain their health. The aim of this study was to describe the current status of self-management of Diabetes Mellitus patients at Cigeureung Public Health Center, Tasikmalaya City. This research method used Quantitative. The population in this study was 340 people, a total of 57 respondents was recruited by using with simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by the Diabetic Self Management Questionnaire (SMDQ) questionnaire developed by Margentheim Institute for Diabetic Research and univariate analysis was used in this study. The results showed that most self-management was low (38.6%). The conclusion of this study was the majority of respondents' self-management was poor. Therefore, the results of this study can be used as basic information for DM patients to improve their ability to manage their disease independently.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MKI

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Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Media Keperawatan Indonesia is intended to be the university journal for publishing articles reporting the results of research in nursing. Media Keperawatan Indonesia invites manuscripts in the areas of medical-surgical nursing, emergency and disaster nursing, critical nursing, pediatric nursing, ...