Combination of diabetic self management education(DSME) with diabetic foot exercises on blood sugar levelin type II diabetes patients

Abstract

Background

Type II diabetes mellitus is a non-infectious disease that can cause death and have a high risk for complications involving the heart, kidneys, brain and vision and even blindness. Management of 4 pillars of type II diabetes includes education, medical nutrition therapy, physical exercise and pharmacological interventions. One of the non-pharmacological treatments is the combination of Diabetic Self Management Education (DSME) and diabetic foot exercises.

Method

The type of research used was the study Quasy Experimentalwith the pretest-posttest control group design. This study compiled two groups, namely the DSME combination intervention group with foot exercises and the control group with the Range of Motion (ROM). Technique Non-probability sampling with method consecutive sampling is used to get 48 respondents divided into 2 groups.

Results

Test results Independentt test shows pvalue 0.000 so that there is an effect of a combination of Diabetic Self Management Education (DSME) with foot exercises on blood sugar levels in type II diabetics between the intervention group and the control group.

Conclusion

The results of the study after being given treatment that the combination of DSME with diabetic foot exercises is effective in lowering blood sugar levels in type II diabetics.