SOCIALIZATION OF THE CONCEPT OF DIABETES MILLITUS TO INCREASE ELDERLY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DIABETES MILLITUS

Abstrak

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the degenerative diseases known as lifelong disease
because it is known as a disease that cannot be cured during the sufferer's life span and
this disease is often found in the elderly. In the management of DM, there are 6 things
that must be considered, including education, eating patterns, regular physical activity,
medication, insulin use, and monitoring daily blood sugar levels. The purpose of this
community service activity is to increase the knowledge of the elderly about the basic
concepts of DM. The method of community service activities carried out in the form of
providing health education about the basic concepts of DM and its handling by means of
lectures and questions and answers. The stages of the activity start from measuring
people's knowledge about DM, as pre-test data, then the basic concepts of DM are given
material and its handling by means of lectures and the next session is a question and
answer session about material that is not yet clear, and the last stage is to re-measure
residents' knowledge about the concept of DM as post-test data. The result of this service
is an increase in knowledge after being given Health Education. The conclusion of this
community service activity is that the socialization of the concept of DM has a positive
impact on the knowledge of the elderly about DM itself. Similar activities must be
carried out in order to improve the quality of life of people with DM. and the last stage is
to re-measure residents' knowledge about the concept of DM as post-test data. The result
of this service is an increase in knowledge after being given Health Education. The
conclusion of this community service activity is that the socialization of the concept of
DM has a positive impact on the knowledge of the elderly about DM itself. Similar
activities must be carried out in order to improve the quality of life of people with DM.
and the last stage is to re-measure residents' knowledge about the concept of DM as posttest data. The result of this service is an increase in knowledge after being given Health
Education. The conclusion of this community service activity is that the socialization of
the concept of DM has a positive impact on the knowledge of the elderly about DM
itself. Similar activities must be carried out in order to improve the quality of life of
people with DM.