HANDLING DIABETIC AS A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE

AT MARDI WALUYO HOSPITAL, BLITAR

Aprindhita Anggraini Rahayu, Daning Nindya Fitri Arianti, Fiqry Addina

Ardi and Dr. Sueb, M.Kes
Universitas Negeri Malang
E-mail: aprindhita.aar@gmail.com & msueb_2000@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT activity exercise, foods that contain

Diabetes is the leading cause
of endstage renal disease (treatable
by dialysis or transplantation),
accounting for 36 percents of new
cases. More than half of lower limb
amputations in the Mardi Waluyo
Blitar Hospital occur among people
with diabtes. From that case, the
purpose of this research
understand what causes of diabetes,
how to treat diabetes, and how to
prevent diabetes. The method use a
quantitative approach.
quantitative data collected through
self-administered questionnaires
distributed personally to the subject
by the researcher. The sample size of
20 from reached of 50 populations
diabetes patients at Mardi Waluyo
Hospital. The results of this research
are the factors that causes diabetes
are obesity, lack of exercise or
lots of sugar and hereditary, to treat
diabetes are consider their food
consumption, often consume fruit
and vegetables every day, have daily
at least 30 minutes of physical
activity at work and/or during leisure
time, and taking medication
regularly, and to prevent diabetes are
maintain an ideal body weight in
to
order to remain, check their blood
sugar levels regularly, food does not
contain sugar, and soak rice in water
before cooking.
The
Keywords : diabetes mellitus, the
cause of diabetes, to
treat diabetes, to
prevent diabetes,
Mardi Waluyo Hospital
INTRODUCTION
Along with the development of
technology is so advanced Age and

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humans usually do activities with the
use of technology as a supplement in
daily life his so lacking activity or
movement that can lead to obesity
because of the imbalance between
the activity and patterns of food a
day and also a variety of diseases
that arise in various circles of
society, both public and among upper
middle because it is influenced by
dietary factors are not balanced
because the various instant fast food
which is managed by advanced
technology, for example endokrim
system diseases (diabetes mellitus).
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a
chronic disease with major longterm
implications, not only for the health
and wellbeing of affected
individuals, but also for costs to
Canadian society as a whole. There
have been numerous attempts to
quantify the costs of diabetes using a
Cost of Illness (COI) methodological
framework in other jurisdictions, but
no comprehensive study has yet been
carried out for Canada provinces
(Wild, 2009).
Diabetes Mellitus if not
managed properly will lead to
various diseases and required the
cooperation of all parties to improve
health care. To achieve these
objectives done a variety of
businesses Planning food, Physical
exercise, increasing insulin secretion
as a result of glucose stimulation.
As with other medical conditions,
knowledge about how to prevent
diabetes is more valuable than cure.
Therefore, to have diabetes
prevention measures should be
preferred.
This is especially true if a
person has diabetes risk factors that
increase the chances of suffering
from this disease. Here are 7 simple
ways to prevent diabetes according
to Wild (2004), they are maintain a
healthy weight, know the family
health history, staying physically
active, eat a balanced diet, low in fat
and sugar, perform health checks,
monitor blood pressure regularly,
increase consumption of fruits and
fresh vegetables. In addition above,
another way to prevent diabetes is by
changing lifestyle into a healthy
lifestyle.
METHOD
This research paper use a
quantitative approach. Burn and
Grove (1993:777) define quantitative
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research as a formal, objective,
systematic proces to describe and test
relationship and examine cause and
effect interactions among variable
(Mouton 1996:232). A survey obtains
information from a sample of people
by means of self-report, that is, the
people respond to a series of
question posed by the investigators
(Polit & Hungler 1993:148). In this
study the information was collected
through self-administered
questionnaires distributed personally
to the subject by the researcher. This
design was chosen to meet the
objectives of the study, namely to
determine the knowledge and views
of patients and family members with
regard to diabetes mellitus and its
treatment regimen (Burn and Grove
1993:29).

RESULT
Based on observations obtained the following results.
Total respondent : 20

A. Research Problem 1
1. Question number one (In your opinion, what is the causeof diabetes?)
answer Hereditary Foods that Total
contain sugar

9 11 20

2. Question number two (Have any of the members of your immediate family
or other relatives been diagnosed with diabetes (type 1 or type 2?)
answer No Yes Total
(grandparent,
aunt, uncle or
first cousin,
parent, brother,
sister or child)

11 9 20

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3. Question number three (How many times you do the exercise in a week?)
Once a week 3-5 times a
Answer Total
week

8 12 20

4. Question number four (Did you know that obesity is a high risk of
diabetes?)
Answer Yes No Total

18 2 20
A. Research Problem 2
1. Question number one (Do you ever consider your food consumption?)

Answer Yes No Total

18 2 20

2. Question number two (Which of the following foods that you often to
consume every day?)
Answer Fruit and Carbohydrates Total
vegetables and snacks
15 5 20

3. Question number three (Do you usually have daily at least 30 minutes of
physical activity at work and/or during leisure time (including normal
daily activity)?)

Answer Yes No Total

13 7 20

4. Question number four (Do you taking medication regularly?)

Answer Yes No Total
14 6 20

A. Research Problem 3

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1. Question number one (Do you check your blood sugar levels regularly?)
Answer Yes No Total
18 2 20

2. Queation number two (What do you think about food that can lower the risk
of diabetes?)

Answer Containing Does not Total

vitamin C contain sugar

4 16 20

3. Question number three (Do you know if soak rice in water can reduce the sugar
contentin rice?)
Answer Yes No Total
7 13 20

4. Question number four (Do you maintain an ideal body weight in order to
remain?)
Answer Yes No Total
19 1 20

From the result of observation, we cousin, parent, brother, sister or

know that :
Most of diabetic patiens choose
Foods that contain sugar, because
from 20 sample, 9 patients choose A
hereditary and 11 patients choose B
Foods that contain sugar.
Most of diabetic patients choose no,
because from 20 sample, 11 patients
answer A no and 9 patients answer B
Yes (grandparent, aunt, uncle or first
child)
Most of diabetic patients choose 3-4
times a week, because from 20
sample , 8 patienst choose answer A
one a week and answer B 3-4 time a
week are 12 patient.
Most of diabetic patients choose yes,
because from 20 sample, choose
answer A are 18 patients and answer
B no are 2 patients.

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From research problem 2
Most of diabetic patients choose yes,
because from 20 sample,choose
answer A (yes) are 18 patients,
answer B (no) are 2 patients.
Most of diabetic patients choose
foods and vegetable , because from
20 sample, choose answer A (foods
and vegetable) are 15 patients,
answer B(Carbohydrates and snacks)
are 5 patients.
Most of diabetic patients choose yes ,
because from 20 sample, choose
answer A (yes) are 13 patients,
answer B (no) are 7 patients.
Most of diabetic patients choose yes,
because from 20 sample, choose
answer A (yes) are 14 patients,
answer B (no) are 6 patients.
From research problem three
Most of diabetic patients choose yes,
because from 20 sample, Question
one from research problem 3, those
who choose answer A (yes) are 18
patients, answer B (no) are 2
patients.
Most of diabetic patients choose
Does not contain sugar, because from
20 sample, choose answer A are 4
(Containing vitamin C) patients,
answer B (Does not contain sugar)
are 16 patients.
Most of diabetic patients choose no,
because from 20 sample, choose
answer A (yes) are 7 patients, answer
B (no) are 13 patients.
Most of diabetic patients choose yes ,
because from 20 sample, choose
answer A (yes) are 19 patients,
answer B (no) are 1 patients.
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DISCUSSION
Base on data collection, the
majority patients at Mardi Waluyo
Hospital, Blitar choose that majority
patients consider their food
consumption (90%). As many as
75% patients often consume fruit and
vegetables every day, but 25%
consume carbohydrates and snacks.
Patients usually have daily at least 30
minutes of physical activity at work
and/or during leisure time as many
as 65% and many patients diabetes
taking medication regularly (70%).
The result show that patients
at Mardi Waluyo Hospital know to
treat diabetes are consider their food
consumption, often consume fruit
and vegetables every day, have daily
at least 30 minutes of physical
activity at work and/or during leisure
time, and taking medication
regularly. This condition happen
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because the employees (doctors,
nurses, nutritionists, and
employees) at Mardi
Hospital, Blitas treat their patients
like that.
Based on data collection,
majority patients at Mardi Waluyo
Hospital prevent diabetes
maintain an ideal body weight in
order to remain (95%). In other hand,
90% of patients answerd that they
check their blood sugar
regularly to know how high their
blood sugar levels so that their can
reduce severity of diabetes. Other
patients as many as 80% answerd
foods that can lower risk of diabetes
is does not contain sugar. Those
answerd is appropriate by oppinion
according to Wild (2004) three from
seven ways to prevent diabetes are
maintain a healthy weight, eat a
balance diet, low fat and sugar, and
monitor blood level regularly.
The result show the majority
patients at Mardi Waluyo Hospital
know the ways to prevent diabetes is
maintain an ideal body weight in
order to remain. The other ways that
can prevent diabetes are check their
blood sugar levels regularly, food
does not contain sugar, and soak rice
other in water before cooking.
Waluyo
CONCLUSSION
The conclusion of the observation
are:
The majority causes of diabetes at
Mardi Waluyo Hospital, Blitar is
with
obesity. Other factors that causes
diabetes are lack of exercise or
activity exercise, foods that contain
lots of sugar and hereditary.
levels
The ways to treat diabetes at
Mardi Waluyo Hospital, Blitar are
consider their food consumption,
often consume fruit and vegetables
every day, have daily at least 30
minutes of physical activity at work
and/or during leisure time, and taking
medication regularly.
The majority patients at Mardi
Waluyo Hospital, Blitar know the
ways to prevent diabetes is maintain
an ideal body weight in order to
remain. The other ways that can
prevent diabetes are check their
blood sugar levels regularly, food
does not contain sugar, and soak rice
in water before cooking.
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