The Effectiveness of Acupressure and Smart Gymnastic on Fasting Blood Sugar Levels among Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Dian Apri Nelyanti,Ta’Adi Ta’Adi,M Choiroel Anwar

doi:10.35654/ijnhs.v3i6.368

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a glucose metabolism disease characterized by an increase in blood sugar levels and impaired metabolism of fats, protein, and carbohydrates due to a lack of the hormone insulin, both absolutely and relatively. Alternative treatment of diabetes mellitus with complementary therapies, namely acupressure and smart gymnastic, can improve the fasting blood sugar level. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of acupressure and smart gymnastic on fasting blood sugar levels among patients with type II diabetes mellitus. True experimental study pretest and post-test with non-equivalent control group design were applied in this study. Repeated Measure, ANOVA test, showed a significant difference with the mean fasting blood sugar level p-value 0.000 (<0.05). The intervention group is better at lowering fasting blood sugar levels than control group 1 and control group 2 seen from the higher value difference. Conclusion of acupressure therapy with smart gymnastics three times a week for four weeks effectively reduces fasting blood sugar level in a patient with type II diabetes mellitus. This study can be used as a reference for further research, with a larger sample size, controlling the patient's diet, and a longer duration of intervention, so that the results obtained are more valid.

Highlights

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a glucose metabolism disease characterized by increased blood glucose or hyperglycemia caused by defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of acupressure and smart gymnastic on fasting blood sugar levels among type II diabetes mellitus patients
It was indicated that the provision of clever exercise followed by giving acupressure to the intervention group was more effective at reducing fasting blood sugar levels in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Introduction

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a glucose metabolism disease characterized by increased blood glucose or hyperglycemia caused by defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. DM is referred to as a chronic disease characterized by increased blood sugar levels and disorders of the metabolism of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates caused by a lack of the hormone insulin in absolute or relative terms [1]. Type I diabetes mellitus is diabetes caused by the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, which generally leads to absolute insulin deficiency due to autoimmune or more than 90% permanent damage to the pancreas. Type II diabetes mellitus is not caused by damage to the pancreas, and insulin is still produced. The insulin produced cannot carry glucose into the body's tissues due to a lack of insulin receptors [2]

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