Diabetes-Related Knowledge and Dietary In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at the Community Health Center (CHC) Pancoran Mas District, Depok, West Java

Authors

  • Nur Apriyan Universitas Respati Indonesia
  • Siti Itsnatun Na’mah Universitas Respati Indonesia
  • Dinni Agustin Universitas Respati Indonesia
  • Samingan Samingan Universitas Respati Indonesia
  • Sugeng Hadisaputra Universitas Respati Indonesia
  • Dwi Purwanti Community Health Centers Pancoran Mas District, Depok, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31098/cpmhs.v2i1.626

Keywords:

Knowledge, Dietary Habits, Diabetes

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a degenerative disease that is a threat to world health at this time. This study aimed to determine the correlation between knowledge, diet, age, and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus at the Pancoran Mas District Health Center, Depok. This type of analytic 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, dietary habits, age group, and diabetes mellitus—common knowledge, including etiology, symptoms, and risk factors. Dietary habits include a person's lifestyle according to the amount, schedule, and type of food consumed. 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 dietary habits, and 84.5% were aged less than 45 years. The bivariate analysis results showed that the knowledge variable was p-value = 0.001, an eating pattern was p-value = 0.001, 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. The recommendation from this study result is to keep blood sugar levels under control, patients should adjust their diet according to the schedule and the amount and type of food consumed by diabetic patients.

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Published

2023-03-16

How to Cite

Apriyan, N., Na’mah, S. I., Agustin, D., Samingan, S., Hadisaputra, S., & Purwanti, D. (2023). Diabetes-Related Knowledge and Dietary In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at the Community Health Center (CHC) Pancoran Mas District, Depok, West Java. RSF Conference Proceeding Series: Medical and Health Science, 2(1), 17–26. https://doi.org/10.31098/cpmhs.v2i1.626