Improvement of Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Using Foot Bath Therapy at a Temperature af 40°C in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus has an impact on increasing blood sugar levels and has a risk of complications of decreased vascularity in the feet which can result in complications in the form of foot ulcers. One of the interventions to facilitate circulation is by therapy of foot soak with a temperature of 40 degrees. Purpose this research to determine the effect of temperature of warm water foot bath temperature 40° on peripheral blood circulation with Ankle Brachial Index in diabetes mellitus patients in health center 1 cilongok. This study uses a Quasi-experimental method with one group pretest-posttest approach. Sampling with random sampling technique and a total of 38 respondents with DM. Data was taken by observing ABI measurements before and after warm water foot soak with a temperature of 40°. Analysis of the data using the Kruskal-wallis test with the Man-Whitney test. Based on the results of the Kruskal-wallis test p value of 0.001 (p value <0.05) there is a temperature effect of warm water foot soak on the peripheral blood circulation with ABI. Conclusion is warm water foot baths effectively improve peripheral blood circulation in DM patients.