Descriptive Mapping of Needs among Diabetes Mellitus Patients

There are some kinds of therapeutic guidelines that have been created for diabetes mellitus patients. However, it cannot be denied that it has a part of nonpharmacologic therapy. Theoretically, nonpharmacological therapy is dietetic and exercise. Related to the statement, this study aimed at describing statements of what diabetic patient need for pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapy. Twenty-five diabetic patients (13 females and 12 males) were invited to join a month-small-group discussion for 4 months in Chronic Disease Forum, Buleleng-Bali, Indonesia. They were asked to discuss what they face in therapeutical and what they need based on (1) comfort, (2) aesthetics, and (3) safety aspects on pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapy. From the depth interview, patients state that they need doctors and nurses services in a better communication. As the result from small group discussion, it has been known that patients need exercise model and booklet of 2 weeks diet menu. Furthermore, they need the certainty of an exercise model developed in future research which will be validated by the expert.