Correlation of Knowledge and Patient Diet to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a degenerative disease that is a threat to world health at this time. This study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, diet, age, and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus at the Pancoran Mas District Health Center, Depok. This type of analytical survey research uses a cross-sectional design. The population in this study were patients who visited the diabetes mellitus polyclinic in June-September 2022. The number of samples was 107 people, and the sampling technique used accidental sampling. The variables studied were knowledge, diet, age group, and diabetes mellitus. Data analysis uses the chi-square test and then the Multiple Logistic Regression test. This study showed that 22.4% had diabetes mellitus, 88.8% had good knowledge, 52.3% had good eating patterns, and 84.5% were aged less than 45 years. The bivariate analysis showed that the knowledge variable was p-value = 0.001, an eating pattern was p-value = 0.001, the age group was p-value = 0.003, and multivariate analysis proved that diet was the most dominant variable in the incidence of diabetes mellitus. It was concluded that the variables of knowledge, diet, and age group were related to type 2 diabetes mellitus, while the most dominant variable was diet. To keep blood sugar levels under control, you should adjust your diet according to the schedule and the amount and type of food consumed by diabetic patients.