The Contribution of Family History and Overview of the Early Age of Diabetes Mellitus (Case Study in Urban Areas of Central Java Indonesia)

Abstract

Indonesia is the seventh country with 8.5 million DM patients, with a prevalence that tends to increase. History in families suffering from DM and being carried away in one's genes is inevitable and is a potential for symptoms and signs of diabetes. This study aims to determine how much the contribution of genes assessed from the presence of family history and description of the age of the onset of symptoms of DM. The population of all Type 2 DM patients in Semarang Regency, and a sample of 428 people. The independent variable is the history of DM in the family and the dependent variable is DM pain. Instrument uses a questionnaire. Analysis of data using the Spearman non-parametric test formula, for data related to the initial age of DM is described descriptively. The results showed that the correlation between the history of DM in the family and the occurrence of DM in a person was significant, and there was a strong correlation between the history of DM in the family and the incidence of DM. The direction of the relationship has a positive value, so that a history of DM in the family will increase the incidence of DM. Keywords—family history, diabetes mellitus, genes