Influenced of Self-Help Group towards Self-Management and Quality of Life among Older Adults With Chronic Non-communicable Disease in Malang

Abstract

The increasing of older adults population concomitant with the increasing of chronic non-communicable diseases. Chronic non-communicable diseases can have an impact on the quality of life of the older adults. Chronic non-communicable diseases require long-term management through self-management. This study aimed to analyze the Self Help Group (SHG) intervention towards self-management and quality of life for older adults with chronic non-communicable diseases. The research method was Quasi Experimental pre-post test with control group on 120 respondents selected by purposive sampling. The inclusion criteria were age ≥60 years, had DM or gout, communicating well, capable to read and write. The SHG intervention hold on four meetings is a group activity of fellow sufferers to share problems and experiences. The instruments were the selfmanagement behavior questionnaire and WHOQOL-BREF. The results of the Mann Whitney test showed p=value of 0.000 which mean that there was a significant difference between self-management and quality of life in the control group and the SHG intervention group. The conclusion was that SHG influenced self-management and quality of life among older adults with chronic non-communicable diseases. Need to apply self help group regularly among chronic non-communicable disease patients. Keyword: older adults self help group self-management quality of life chronic non-communicable diseaseThis open access article is under the CC-BY-SA license.

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