Karakteristik Pasien Diabetes Melitus dengan Pengetahuan Tentang Hipoglikemia

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a problem that can cause short-term complications, one of them is hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is a complicating factor for achieving normal blood glucose levels. To avoid the complications of good hypoglycemia, adequate knowledge is needed so that sufferers can prevent complications. This study analyzed the correlation between characteristics of patients with diabetes mellitus through knowledge about hypoglycemia at Cempaka Inpatient Community Health Center with cross sectional approach. The sampling technique was consecutive sampling with a total sampling of 64 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Data were analyzed by using Chi Square test. The results also showed that most patients with diabetes mellitus associated with knowledge about age hypoglycemia (p-value = 0.017), length of suffering (p-value = 0.020), education (p-value = 0.042), and those not related to sex (p-value = 0.149), and occupation (p-value = 0.380). Characteristics of diabetes mellitus patients become a support for knowledge about hypoglycemia because of these characteristics are expected to achieve an understanding of the actions to be taken in an effort to improve the complications of hypoglycemia.