Abstract
Non infectious diseases in the community are a sign of epidemiological transition. One of the non infectious diseases that are found is Diabetes Mellitus (DM) type-2 diseases. The purpose of this research is to know the determination of self-care diabetes activity in patients with type-2 diabetes at Labuang Baji Hospital in Makassar City. The research design is cross-sectional study. The population were all patients with DM type 2 treatment in 2016. Sampling was done by probability sampling technique with simple random sampling method and the number of sample was 136 people. The results showed that respondents with self-care activities were less than 35 people (25.7%) and respondents with good self-care activities as many as 101 people (74.3%). The result of bivariate analysis (chi-square) showed that significant factor was correlated with self-care activity of DM type 2 patients with p-value <0, 05 is knowledge (p = 0, 000), health insurance ownership (p = 0, 022) health workers support (p = 0, 000). The result of logistic regression analysis showed that the factors significantly correlated with the self-care activity in Diabetes Mellitus type-2 patients were knowledge (OR = 7.900; 95% CI: 2, 497-24, 998). The conclusion of knowledge is a factor significantly associated with diabetes self-care activities.
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