FACTORS CONTRIBUTING IN DIABETIC ULCER PREVENTION BEHAVIOR IN PATI
Sri Karyati, Sukarmin
Universitas Muhammadiyah Kudus
Abstract
Diabetus Mellitus (DM) is a non-communicable disease belonging to the worlds fourth priority because of its increasing number and it causes disability. Blood glucose level is high as a result of the disease may cause severe pain which affects the heart and blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. DM patients have higher frequency of infection. One of the complications of DM is diabetic foot which manifest as a boil, gangrene, and Charcot arthropathy. About 15% of people with DM will generally suffer from complications of diabetic foot ulcers. This study aims to find out some factors that contribute to diabetic ulcer prevention behavior in pati. This study was conservational study with samples of 10 DM patients in Pati taken randomly. Bivariate analysis was done using Chi square test and multivariate analysis used multinomial logistic regression test. The results of study showed that there were no correlation among age, occupation, type of melamine, with diabetic ulcer prevention behavior in Pati (p = 0.080, 0.223, 0.446). meanwhile, there were relationship among education, income, duration of suffering, knowledge, with diabetic ulcer prevention behavior in Pati(p = 0,000, 0,000, 0,000, 0,000). The factors contributing to diabetic ulcer prevention behavior in Pati are long suffering from DM (38,160), level of education (18,035), knowledge (0,499) and income (0,156).
Keywords: DM, foot ulcer, prevention
Topic: International Conference on Nursing