Peer Support for Dietary Compliance Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is one of chronic disease whose incidence increases. The success of diabetes mellitus treatment is strongly influenced by patient compliance to carry out treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of peer support on dietary compliance of diabetes mellitus sufferers at Randu Agung RW X. This study used pre-experiment one-group pre-post test design on sample of 28 diabetes mellitus sufferers in Randu Agung RW X, used purposive sampling technique. The instrument used Satuan Acara Kegiatan (SAK), attendance list, and compliance questionnaire of diabetes mellitus with 3J program. The analysis of the data used the Mc Nemar test. The statistical test results obtained P <0.05 (0.000), it meant H1 was accepted; there was an effect between peer support and dietary compliance in diabetes mellitus sufferers. Peer support is a new technique to control the blood sugar levels of people with diabetes by involving peers who have similar diseases to share experiences, provide support, and motivation so that enthusiasm in running their dietary increases. If someone sees other people successfully controlling their blood sugar levels through good dietary compliance, it will foster that person's enthusiasm to be able to comply with the diabetes mellitus dietary program. The implication of the study results is that providing education with peer support can help other people in similar situations to increase dietary compliance in diabetes mellitus sufferers.