Diabetes Mellitus (DM) which is a degenerative disease that requires proper treatment and serious. DM sufferers must undergo continuous therapy. This condition can lead to a variety of health changes that cause physical and psychological disorders for sufferers. One of them is emotional intelligence and poor quality of life. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Emotional Intelligence Relationship Against the Quality of Life of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Guguak Panjang Health Center in 2018. This type of research wasresearch descriptive analytic. With aapproach cross sectional. The sampling technique uses a total sampling with 82 respondents. The instrument used was the question of the level of emotional intelligence and the quality of life questionnaire in patients with DM. The results of the chi-squere test showed that there was an Emotional Intelligence Relationship to the Quality of Life of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients (p <0.05). The conclusion of this study was that there was an Emotional Intelligence Relationship to the Quality of Life of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Guguak Panjang Health Center in 2018 the lower the level of Emotional intelligence the worse the quality of life in patients with Type II diabetes. It is hoped that patients with diabetes mellitus can put and control emotions so that they will improve the quality of life.
Introduction:The risk of allergic skin disease caused by changes in the skin structure the of elderly should be the main focus due to concerns about decreasing quality of life and the emergence of physical and mental weaknesses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of allergic skin diseases in elderly at the Dermatology and Venereology outpatient unit of Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya throughout the year 2019-2021. Methods: This retrospective descriptive study was conducted using a total sampling technique in which 147 elderly patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The variables observed and recorded were then processed using SPSS Version 25 and Microsoft Excel to obtain the results. Results: More than half of the sample were female (64,6%) and most were aged 55-65 years (51,7%). Most of the patients' occupations were housewives (41,5%). The education background of the majority is high school (46,9%) with the most domicile in Surabaya (70,1%). The chief complaint that most felt was itching (91,2%) with most precipitating factors being allergens and irritants (61,9%) and no comorbidities were found in the majority (55,1%). The duration of complaints ranged from less than one year (90,5%) with normal BMI (62,6%) dominating the sample. The most common form of efflorescence is erythematous macules (73,5%) and localized in the manus (27,9%). Contact dermatitis was the most common diagnosis in this study (61,2%) with combination therapy (73,5%) using oral antihistamines (83,7%) and topical corticosteroids (72,1%). Conclusion: Allergic skin disease with disturbing itching complaints is still a health problem that needs attention in elderly.
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