Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan, Sikap Dan Praktik(Psp) Penderita Diabetes Mellitus Mengenai Pengelolaan Diabetes Mellitus Dengan Kendali Kadar Glukosa Darah

ABSTRACT The diabetes mellitus (DM) prevalence in Indonesia is continuously increasing. At present it reaches 1.4-1.6%. DM is chronic disease that is unable to recover, but it is potential to control, i.e. by managing DM appropriately so that the glucose level is controllable. DM is a disease that is related with life styletherefore, the success of controlling the disease depends mostly on the victim\u27s effort to change his or her behavior so as to be appropriate with behavior for diabetes mellitus management. This study was aimed at finding out the relationship between behavior (knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the victim in managing DM and glucose level control. This was an observational study by obtaining data quantitatively using a case control design and qualitatively through depth interviews. The subjects were DM outpatients in Dr Sardjito hospital in July, August, and September 2001. The subjects were 2 groups, 43 patients of the case group (control-led glucose level) and 43 patients of the control group (uncontrolled glucose level). The univariate analysis showed that there were 47% respondents who had low knowledge51,2% had negative attitude58,1% had poor practice in DM management. The bivariate (correlation) analysis showed that there was negative linear relationship (