The 4th International Conference on Nursing

Author :

Setyoadi, Nanda Veir Yursyidah, Mifetika Lukitasari

Affiliation :

School of Nursing, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

Abstract :

Introduction Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease with hyperglycemia because of insulin abnormalities. Prevalence of DM has increased from year to year and has been predicted by 2030 will increase to 366 million people affected. Prevention action for reducing the high cases of DM includes providing a group calories counseling to solve diet management problems that is beneficial for controlling blood glucose levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of calories counseling on increasing knowledge, attitude, and behavior of dietary among DM patients in Semanding Area of Puskesmas Dau Malang Regency. Methods The study applied a quasi experimental design with non-randomized pre-post test control group. The samples was divided into two groups, that was "intervention" group (n=20), and "control" group (n=20). Data was analyzed using statistical test for determining the significance difference of knowledge, attitude and behavior between both intervention and control groups. Results The study found that the calories counseling had increased significantly the respondents’ knowledge about dietary with p- value = 0,000. Interestingly, it proved no significant increase regarding the attitude (p- value = 0,152) while effectively increased the behavior of dietary (p- value = 0,001). Conclusion Based on result, it can be concluded that calories counseling is vital to increase the knowledge and behavior of dietary among patients with DM in Semanding.

Keywords :

Diabetes Mellitus; Dietary; Calories Counseling; Knowledge; Behavior; Attitude