Physical Exercises Effectiveness in Controlling Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly Group in Bali - Indonesia

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a degenerative disease that has a high number of sufferers and is a type of disease that can lead to several complications in the disease. This article is aimed at examining the effectiveness of physical exercises in controlling DM in the elderly group in Sanur Sub-district, Bali-Indonesia. To establish this objective, counseling, training on diet, and exercises were administered to the elder group with DM to control of their blood-glucose levels. The results showed that the results of data analysis showed that physical exercise is able to effectively control and reduce blood glucose in some diabetics of the elderly group up to 14.63%. Building this, it is recommended to the government and health care institutions to grow and develop physical exercises and counseling program on controlling blood-glucose to reduce and prevent the occurrence of DM in the community.