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

Abstract

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 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.