Gambaran Kepercayaan Diri pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 di Poli Penyakit Dalam RSD dr. Soebandi Jember

Abstract

Introduction: Patients with type 2 DM will be very susceptible to acute and chronic complications that can affect the quality of human resources. A person with a chronic disease who cannot overcome the problems experienced will lose confidence to recover from his disease. Objective: This study aims to determine the picture of self-confidence in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at the Internal Medicine Poly of dr. Soebandi Jember Hospital. Methodology: This study is a descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The number of samples in this study was 257 respondents with the sampling technique used, namely quota sampling. Data collection used the test of self confidence questionnaire. Results: The average age of type 2 DM patients was 53.23 years, the female gender was 59.5%, the majority of respondents were junior high school graduates (41.6%), the most occupation was found as housewives (31.9%), and the majority of people who had type 2 DM for a long time were >3 years old (72.8%). The results of the confidence variables of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients obtained were the strong category (54.5%), the average strong (38.9%), very strong (5.1%), and the average weak category (1.6%).Conclusion: The majority of type 2 DM patients at the Internal Medicine Poly of dr. Soebandi Jember Hospital have strong confidence. Based on this study, it is hoped that type 2 DM patients can maintain and increase their confidence by increasing knowledge and motivation, so that they can increase their confidence and continue to be enthusiastic in the treatment process.