The Relation Between Health Locus of Control and Compliance of Diet Management Type II of Diabetes Mellitus in Piru Hospital, Western Part of Seram Regency 2016

^{Authors: 1}Taufanfan Umasugi¹, Ira Sandi Tunny², Yohannis Tappang³, Ulima Asni⁴

^1,2&3 Lecturer of STIKes (Colleges of Health Science) Maluku Husada, Indonesia

⁴Student of Nursing Study Program of STIKes Maluku Husada, Indonesia

Email: umasugit@yahoo.com

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus is a medical disorder that is marked by a collection of symptoms caused by elevated levels of blood sugar (glucose) due to deficiency or insulin resistance. The factors that can affect blood sugar levels are dietary compliance and health locus of control that is a believe or person’s effort in improving their health. This study aims to figure out the relation between health locus of control and compliance of diet management Type II of Diabetes Mellitus in Piru Hospital western part of Seram Regency in 2016. This research is a quantitative study, where the researcher wanted to know the relation between health locus of control and compliance of diet management Type II of Diabetes Mellitus by the number of respondents as much as 32 person. The sampling technique uses accidental sampling with chi square test. The result of statistical tests shows that the value of p= 0,000 (<0.05). It means that there is a significant relationship between health locus of control with compliance of diet management Type II of Diabetes Mellitus. Respondents who have internal health locus of control are 13 person (40.6%), those who state and have internal scale of less health locus of control are 19 persons (59.4%). Respondents who have external scale of good health locus of control are 10 persons (31.2%), and the external scale of less health locus of control are 22 people (68,8%). In addition, the respondents who state that they are obedient are 14 persons (43.8%), and the respondents who state that they are not obedient are 18 persons (56.2%). Therefore it can be concluded that there is a relationship between health locus of control and compliance of diet management Type II of Diabetes Mellitus.

Keywords: Health Locus of Control, Compliance of Diet Management Type II of Diabetes Mellitus

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