GAMBARAN KUALITAS HIDUP PASIEN DIABETES MELLITUS TIPE 2 DI POLI INTERNA RSD dr. SOEBANDI JEMBER
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by an increased
levels of glucose in the blood and accompanied by other metabolic disorders
caused by hormonal disturbances. The prevalence of DM increases every year.
DM can give impacts on Quality of Life (QoL) due to complications and DM
itself. The aim of this research was to describe the QoL of patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus in internal outpatients unit at dr. Soebandi Hospital Jember.
This research was a descriptive quantitative research with cross sectional
approach. The number of sample was 146 type 2 DM patients who were collected
through consecutive sampling technique. The data were analyzed by using
univariate analysis to define and categorize the QoL. The results showed that 77
respondents (52.7%) had good QoL and 69 respondents (47.3%) had less QoL.
The lowest of QoL was found in physical health indicator and the highest was in
environment indicator. Therefore, from the result, it is suggested that nurses
should improve QoL and give support to patients to maintain their health status.
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