Pengaruh Therapeutic Exercise Walking terhadap Risiko Ulkus Kaki Diabetik pada Klien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 di Kelurahan Gebang Kecamatan Patrang Kabupaten Jember
ABSTRACT: Diabetes Mellitus is
metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia. Diabetic foot ulcer is
serious complication in diabetic patients which can lead to lower extremity
amputation. Therapeutic exercise walking is one of physical activities which
can improve blood circulation in the body. This research aimed to analyze the
effect of therapeutic exercise walking on the risk of diabetic foot ulcerin
patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This research employed randomized
control group pretest postest design. The sampling technique was simple random
sampling involving 15 respondents as intervention group and 15 respondents as
control group. Therapeutic exercise walking was done three times a week within
a month with the duration of 40 minutes. The data were analyzed using dependent
t test and independent t test with significant level of 0.05. The results
revealed a significant difference between pretest and postest either in the
intervention group (p=0.001) or control group (p=0.048). Furthermore
independent t test showed a significant difference between intervention group
and control group (p=0.015). This result indicates that there is a significant
effect of therapeutic exercise walking on the risk of diabetic foot ulcer.
Nurse is expected to apply therapeutic exercise walking to prevent diabetic
foot ulcer in diabetes mellitus patients.
Keywords: type 2 diabetes
mellitus, therapeutic exercise walking, risk of diabetic foot ulcer
Penulis: Siti Zumrotul Mina, Nur
Widayati, Mulia Hakam
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd170043
