HUBUNGAN RELIGIUSITAS DENGAN DIABETES DISTRESS PADA KLIEN DIABETES MELITUS TIPE 2 DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS PATRANG KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease that can cause long term physical and psychological discomfort. One of psychological problems that can occur is diabetes distress. Religiosity is a coping that help to solve the psychological problems such as diabetes distress. This research aimed to analyzethe correlation between religiosity and diabetes distress in clients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Independent variable in this research is religiosity and the dependent variable is the diabetes distress. This research applied an observational analytic design with cross sectional approach. A total of 71 respondents were enrolled in this study by using consecutive sampling technique. Data collection was conducted by administering questionnaires of religiosity scale and Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS). Data were analyzed by using Spearman test with significance level of 0.05. The result showed that the mean value of religiosity and diabetes distress was 64.31 and 2.36 respectively.There was a significant negative correlation between religiosity and diabetes distress (p value: 0.001; r: -0.505). The correlation was negative which means the higher the level of religiosity the lower the level of diabetes distress. Religiosity is the driving factor of healthy coping in dealing with psychological problems such as diabetes distress.This study suggests the importance of assessing religiosity to minimize distress in type 2 diabetes patients.