UPAYA PENANGANAN DAN PERILAKU PASIEN PENDERITA DIABETES MELLITUS TIPE 2 DI PUSKESMAS BARA-BARAYA KOTA MAKASSAR

Abstract

The prevalence of DM is getting higher in developed and developing country, such as Indonesia. DM occupied the fifth rank from ten main causes of death in Makassar 2007. The aim of this study is to identify the treatment and behaviour of patients of DM type 2 at Bara-Baraya Health Center Makassar in 2013. The design study was cross-sectional study from 13th March-13th April. There are 2 kinds of samples in this research, health officers and patients of DM type 2. The sampling echnique used purposive sampling. The treatment was evaluated by observation. The inclusion criteria were patients of DM type 2 at Bara-Baraya Health Center with no compliation. Patient's behaviour was collected by direct interview, including characteristic of the patients, anthropometry (body weight and height), knowledge of DM, food recall 24 hours, physical activity, and intervention of DM type 2 medicine. The results showed caring effort of DM based on the pillar of handling DM were still lacking (all patients did not get DM education), knowledge of type 2 DM patients was still lacking (71.9%), non-compliance with the number of calories (78.1%), lack of physical activity (53.1%), non-compliance with taking medication (56.2%), and uncontrolled blood glucose (56.2%). This research recommended to maximize the role of health of TPG in service in POZI. In addition, it's better that the service in POZI in not only for the babies or pregnant women, but also functional to serve other patients, especially for DM patients.