Factors toward diabetes mellitus type II occurrence among patients in Tenriawaru hospital, Bone regency 2014

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus among patients in Tenriawaru Hospital tend to increase from year 2009 until 2012. In 2009, patient numbers were 104 patients and increased to 166 patients in 2012. This study aimed to determine the risk of age, obesity, gender and hypertension on the diabetes mellitus (DM) type II among patients in Tenriawaru Hospital, Bone regency. The study had been used simple random sampling with cross sectional design. The study population were all patients had undergone treatment in inpatients ward at Tenriawaru Hospital, Bone regency. The sample sizes were 192 patients who met the inclusion criteria. The result showed that there was correlations between gender (p=0.000), age (p=0.001), hypertension (p=0.020) and obesity (p=0.000) with DM type II occurrence in patients at Tenriawaru Hospital. The recommendation that need early detection for DM diseases, prioritized non-pharmacological treatments such as diet changes, exercise regularly and healthy lifestyle habit. Meanwhile, the hospital management should provide medical nutrition consultation services for DM patients.

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