The Correlation between Islamic Spirituality and Distress in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Abstract

More than half of people with Diabetes Mellitus experience distress. Spirituality-religiosity strengthens mental health status through coping mechanism for handling distress in type 2 DM patients. The majority of the population in Indonesia is Muslim; therefore, this study aims to determine the correlation between Islamic spirituality and distress in type 2 DM patients. This research is an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional approach conducted at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital. Subjects were type 2 DM patients, both outpatient and inpatient, diagnosed at least more than six months. Interviews about spirituality used the Holistic Health Care (HHC) questionnaire, while distress used the Diabetes Distress Screening Scale (DDSS) questionnaire. The data analysis was carried out using the Spearman test and Somers'd test. Forthy six subjects were obtained with an age range between 45 to 75 years old. Based on the data analysis, it showed that there was a positive correlation (p 0.020; r -0.343) between Psychospiritual and DM Distress scores. Furthermore, there was a moderate correlation between Islamic spirituality and distress in type 2 DM patients.