PERBEDAAN PERFUSI PADA KAKI KLIEN DIABETES MELITUS SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH DILAKUKAN SENAM KAKI DIABETES DI DESA SUKOWONO KECAMATAN SUKOWONO

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a disease with hyperglikemia conditions due to impaired insulin, impaired insulin’s work or both. In chronic cases, it would cause a complication in other body organs. The most frequent complications suffered by a client with diabetes mellitus is macrovascular and microvascular complications due to atherosclerosis of the blood vessels and finally it caused perfusion problem especially in lower extremity. Diabetic foot exercises couldd prevent and reduce poor perfusion on leg. Diabetes foot exercises were believed to improve circulation in leg and reduce poor perfusion. This Study aims to know the difference of perfusion on leg before and after diabetes foot exercises. The design of this study was pre experimental research with one group pretest and posttest approach. This research used 17 respondents as sample. The results showed before done diabetes foot exercises there are 12 people has poor perfusion on his right leg. After done diabetes foot exercises, there are no respondent who have poor perfusion. The results on the left foot indicates there are 13 people who has poor perfusion. After done diabetes foot exercises only 1 respondent who has poor perfusion. The analyzed used Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with 95% CI (α:0,05) got p-value 0,000 < α (0,05) as the result. The conclusion from this research, there are differences in perfusion at the foot of the clients before and after done diabetic foot exercises.