ABSTRAK

Diabetes melitus merupakan suatu kondisi jangka panjang akibat peningkatan kadar glukosa darah, dapat diminimalkan risikonya melalui self care management, yaitu pola makan sehat, aktivitas fisik, monitoring gula darah, terapi pengobatan, dan perawatan kaki. Pemahaman dan implementasi self care management menjadi kunci untuk menjalani hidup sehat serta mencegah risiko komplikasi serius pada penderita diabetes melitus.Tujuan dalam penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan self care management dengan kejadian komplikasi pada penderita diabetes melitus di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Banjarbaru Selatan.Penelitian ini menggunakan desain korelasional. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 40 responden yang dipilih menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner SDSCA (The Summary of Diabetes Self Care Activities). Data dianalisis menggunakan spearman’s rank.Hasil penelitian ini didapatkan p-value 0,004 < 0,05 dan koefisien korelasi (r) sebesar -0,451, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan self care management dengan kejadian komplikasi pada penderita diabetes melitus di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Banjarbaru Selatan dengan keeratan hubungan cukup kuat dengan arah hubungan negatif. Self care management pada penderita diabetes melitus memiliki peran penting dalam meminimalkan risiko terjadinya komplikasi karena kondisi kesehatan yang bisa dicegah atau dikendalikan dengan tindakan yang teratur. Diharapkan penderita dapat mempertahankan danmeningkatkan kemampuan self care management guna meminimalkan risiko terjadinya komplikasi.

Kata-kata kunci: diabetes melitus, manajemen self care, kejadian komplikasi.

ABSTRACT

Diabetes mellitus is a long-term condition due to increased blood glucose levels, can be minimized the risk through self-care management, namely a healthy diet, physical activity, blood sugar monitoring, medication therapy, and foot care. Understanding and implementing self-care management is the key to living a healthy life and preventing the risk of serious complications in people with diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-care management and the incidence of complications in patients with diabetes mellitus in the work area of the South Banjarbaru Health Center. This study used a correlational design. The research sample was 40 respondents selected using a simple random sampling technique. Data collection was carried out using SDSCA (The Summary of Diabetes Self Care Activities) questionnaire. Data was analyzed using spearman's rank. The results of this study obtained a p-value of 0.004 < 0.05 and a correlation coefficient (r) of -0.451, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between self-care management and the incidence of complications in patients with diabetes mellitus in the work area of the South Banjarbaru Health Center with a fairly strong relationship with the direction of negative relationships. Self-care management in people with diabetes mellitus has an important role in minimizing the risk of complications due to health conditions that can be prevented or controlled with regular actions. It is expected that patients can maintain and improve self-care management capabilities to minimize the risk of complications.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus, self-care management, occurrence of complications.