Effect of Peer Group Support on Self-Care Management in Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Kembaran Sub-District

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus atau biasa disebut dengan DM merupakan penyakit tidak menular yang kejadiannya cukup tinggi. Penyakit DM akan menimbulkan komplikasi apabila penderita DM memiliki self-care management yang buruk. Komplikasi dapat dicegah dengan perawatan diri yang baik seumur hidup. Peningkatan perawatan diri DM ini dapat dibantu dengan metode peer group support. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh peer group support terhadap self-care management pada penderita DM di Kecamatan Kembaran. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain eksperimen semu (quasi experiment) dengan rancangan non randomized pretest-posttest with control group design. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling. Responden penelitian ini adalah penderita DM di Puskesmas I Kembaran dan Puskesmas II Kembaran sebesar 27 responden (13 responden pada kelompok intervensi, 14 responden pada kelompok kontrol). Instrumen penelitian menggunakan Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire. Terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna skor self-care management DM pre dan post peer group support dengan p 0,001 pada kelompok intervensi. Tidak terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna skor self-care management DM pre dan post pada kelompok kontrol. Terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna skor self-care management DM sesudah peer group support antara kelompok intervensi dan kontrol dengan p 0,001. Peer group support efektif meningkatkan self-care management pada penderita DM.
 Kata Kunci: Diabetes Mellitus, Self-Care Management, Peer Group Support

Caring-Based Supportive Educative Enhance Prevention Ability Of Diabetic Ulcers In Patients With Type II Diabetes

“…Self care management aimed in controlling glucose levels in the blood so that they are in a normal state. The components of self care management itself consist of physical activity (exercise), monitoring blood glucose levels, nutritional therapy (diet), pharmacological therapy, and routine check-ups with health workers (Septiani et al, 2020).…”

“…There are 425 million people with diabetes mellitus and 82 million people in the world and Southeast Asia (Septiani et al, 2020). Indonesia is the highest number of people with diabetes mellitus in the world and is in the top 10 in 2019 according to the International Diabetes Federation, which is 10.7 million people, of which Indonesia is ranked seventh based on these data (Dewi & Hinchliffe, 2020).…”

“…The components of self-care management are diet, blood glucose control, physical activity or exercise, routine examinations and pharmacological therapy. People with diabetes mellitus in implementing self-care management are influenced by several factors, namely, health education, support, communication and personal factors (Septiani et al, 2020). This aim of this study was to determine the effect of caring-based supportive education on the ability to prevent diabetic ulcers.…”