Self-Management Education to Control Blood Sugar Levels and Hba1c Value for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Backgroud: Self-care education can be carried out patients with diabetes through the Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) method. The DSME method helps people to perform with type 2 diabetes self-management in managing and treating type 2 diabetes, such as controlling blood sugar levels and HbA1c values. Objective: The purpose of this research is to understand the effect of DSME for reducing blood sugar levels and decreasing HbA1c values ​​in type 2 diabetes patients. Methods: The design of this research is a Pre-Experimental with Pretest-Posttest Group Design with a Pretest-Posttest Group Design, approach which aims to see the use of the DSME method for reducing blood sugar levels and decreasing HbA1c values ​​in type 2 diabetes patients. This research was conducted from July to October 2021. The research location was at the Curup Regional General Hospital, Rejang Lebong Regency. Respondents in this study were 35 patients with type 2 diabetes. The instrument used was the DSME method consisting of 3 instruments, including the theoretical concept of diabetes, care and treatment of diabetes, and complications of diabetes. Results: The results of the study show a significant change in blood sugar levels before and after the DSME. Before being carried out, blood sugar levels were with a Mean±SD of 341.60±157.589; meanwhile, after the intervention, blood sugar levels became 107.97±9.984 with a p:0.001. On the other hand, the HbA1c Value before intervention was Mean±SD 8.4313±2.2610, and after the intervention, the HbA1c value became 6.4553±1.2426 with p=0.001. Conclusion: DSME can be used as an alternative intervention that decreases in blood sugar levels and HbA1c values ​​in patients with type 2 diabetes.