The Relationship between Age, Education, and Knowledge on Compliance with Implementing Nutritional Therapy Management in Type II Diabetes Mellitus and the Implications for Blood Sugar Levels in Outpatients at the Kebayoran Baru Community Health Center, South Jakarta

Abstract

Diabetes patients need to have minimal information provided after the diagnosis is made through a nutritionist during nutritional counseling. This knowledge is influenced by levels of education, information, culture, experience, and socio-economic factors. If the knowledge of diabetes mellitus sufferers is good, then attitudes towards the diabetes mellitus diet should be able to support patient compliance with the diabetes mellitus diet. This research used a survey technique with a cross-sectional method which was conducted on 24 PROLANIS DM patients at the Kebayoran Baru Community Health Center, South Jakarta. The result was that 91.7% of respondents were elderly women (87.5%). The educational level of the participants mostly came from elementary-middle school (6.7%) and had been diagnosed with DM for 1-5 years. Even so, 83.3% of PROLANIS participants had insufficient nutritional knowledge related to DM. 58.3% have controlled Fasting Blood Sugar, and 95.8% have uncontrolled Fasting Blood Sugar. There was no relationship between gender, education level, duration of illness, and dietary compliance with fasting blood sugar (p-value> 0.05). 95.8% complied with taking metformin, there was 1 respondent with uncontrolled fasting blood sugar and non-compliance with taking medication. Compliance with taking anti-diabetic medication affects the patient's blood sugar levels, therefore compliance with taking anti-diabetic medication can be a patient's choice in controlling their blood sugar. In future research, it is hoped that the number of samples can be increased and varied so that the data is more representative, or measure HbA1C as a compliance factor. diet and lifestyle for Diabetes Mellitus sufferers.