Title: Self Regulation Effect on Glycemic Control of Type 2 Diabetes Melitus Patients
Abstract: Background: Self regulation is an effective way for people with Diabetes Mellitus in order to get good glycemic control for the diabetes mellitus patient recovery. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of self regulation on the patient glycemic control. Method: This research used pre experimental pre post test design. The population of this research is all DM patients in Bulurejo Village, Diwek District, Jombang Regency with a sample of 30 respondents. In this research we used purposive type sample. The variable of this research are: self regulation and glycemic control. The way of collecting data is by laboratory test. Result and analysis: The results showed that self regulation affect on glycemic control in DM patient according to the wilcoxon test, the glycemic control score p=0.046 (p<0,05). The glycemic control before the intervention almost all respondents had uncontrolled HbA1C levels of 28 respondents or 93.3% and after intervention almost all respondents had uncontrolled HbA1C levels of 24 respondents or 80%. Discuss and conclusion: Self regulation can improve glycemic control quite well, but still needs integration with other components related to treatment and care in diabetes mellitus patient, with self regulation it is expected that they will be able to increase their motivation to support increased self care abilities, change behavior and carry out activities to maintain glycemic control.