PENGARUH PROGRAM DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION TERHADAP KUALITAS HIDUP PENDERITA DIABETES MELITUS TIPE 2 DI DESA SINDUADI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS MLATI I

Background: diabetes melitus is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin or the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. This condition can affect the quality of life. Diabetes self-management education is an ongoing process to facilitate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for diabetes self-care, as well as activities that assist a person in maintaining the behaviors necessary to sustainably manage their condition, beyond formal self-management training.
Objective: this study aims to analyze the effect of diabetes selfmanagement education on the quality of life of patients with type 2 Diabetes melitus.
Methods: This research method is quasy-experimental with pretest-post test without a control group and uses purposive sampling with a total sample of 15 respondents. Diabetes self-management education was conducted in two meetings. Quality of life was measured using the Diabetes Quality of Life questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the paired t test with a significance level of 0.05.
Results: the result of the paired t test showed a significant difference in the quality of life between the pretest and post test (p=0.003).
Conclusion: the conclusion of this study is that there is a significant effect of diabetes self-management education on the quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes self-management education can be used as a health promotion program to improve self-care skills so that the quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus can improve.