Efektivitas Edukasi Self Management terhadap pencegahan Risiko Komplikasi Diabetes pada Pra Lansia di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Bandar Khalifah

Abstract

Diabetes self-management is an important element in managing the health condition in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. Self-management is aimed to increase health status by providing knowledge and skill for patients about self- nursing strategies on preventing complications and increasing the quality of life of DM patients. This research uses quantitative method with quasi-experimental design and one group pre-test post-test approach. The samples are 52 respondents, taken by using non-probability sampling and purposive sampling technique. The research instruments are questionnaires on Diabetes Self- Management Questionnaire (DSMQ), leaflets, and diabetes self-management module. The result of Wilcoxon test shows that there is significant change (Z 6.280 and p-value 0.000) which indicates that diabetes self-management education in the pre-elderly people is effective in preventing the risk of complication in the working area of Puskesmas Bandar Khalifah. The result of the research shows the importance of implementing self-management in DM patients in order to prevent the risk of complications. Providing diabetes self-management education by nurses is highly needed to the patients control their diabetes condition independently and decrease the risk of complications. Diabetes self- management is proved to be effective in increasing the capacity of patients of pre- elderly people in managing their diabetes condition and preventing complications. Therefore, diabetes self-management education should be given intensively to DM patients.