Correlation of Healthy Living Behavior with HbA1c Value and Increasing Creatinine Levels in Diabetes Melitus

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus can cause both acute and chronic complications, one of which is diabetic nephropathy. Therefore, it is necessary to look for problem solving with healthy living behaviors. The purpose of implementing healthy lifestyle behavior of people with diabetes mellitus is to slow the occurrence of complications. Healthy life behaviors that are implemented by people with diabetes mellitus are knowledge, dietary rules, physical exercise, drug therapy, to monitoring glucose levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between healthy living behavior with HbA1c values and increased creatinine levels in people with diabetes mellitus. The research method used was observational with cross sectional approach. The number of samples used was 54 people with diabetes mellitus. This research was conducted by distributing questionnaires and examining HbA1c levels and creatinine levels by using a statistical spearmen test to determine the relationship. Statistical test results show the relationship between healthy behavior with HbA1c is 0, 224 > 0.05 which means there is no relationship between healthy living behavior with HbA1c value and there is no direct relationship between HbA1c value with increased creatinine levels. While the value of the relationship between healthy behavior with an increase in creatinine levels is 0.021 < 0.05 and has a strength of 313 and the direction of a negative relationship, which means there is a negative relationship between healthy behavior with an increase in creatinine levels in patients with diabetes mellitus. This indicates that the better the healthy living behavior, the lower creatinine levels in diabetics even though there is no direct relationship with HbA1c values with creatinine levels, so that healthy living behavior can be one way to prevent complications of diabetes mellitus.