1Assistant Professor, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementrian Kesehatan Semarang, Indonesia
2Associate Professor, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementrian Kesehatan Semarang, Indonesia
3Deputy to Chairman, STIAMAK Barunawati, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: Setyo Prihatin, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementrian Kesehatan Semarang, Indonesia
Online published on 21 July, 2018.
The regulation number 24 in 2015 obliging the Community Health Center or Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat in Indonesia to handle Diabetic patients affects the changing in nutritional care system including the Diabetes Mellitus management.
The purpose of the study is to know the effect of the Nutrition Care Process (NPC) on knowledge, attitude, behavior and blood glucose of patients with DM.
This experimental study used the Pre and Post Test Control Groups Randomized Design to 44 diabetic patients of treatment and control groups. The treatment group was given the NCP and the data of knowledge, altitude, and behavior and blood glucose were measured twice. The independent T-Test was applied to analyze the effect of NCP.
The study found that no differences between control and treatment group at the beginning of the survey. The independent T-Test showed that the NCP affect attitude and behavior of Diabetic patients significantly, but the knowledge did not produce any different result between control and treatment group. Fasting blood glucose level was significantly different while the 2-hour postprandial blood glucose level shows no difference.
It is concluded that NCP should be applied in the Community Health Center as one of procedures to provide the high-quality nutritional care.
NCP, Behavior, Diabetes Mellitus
