The Relationship between Blood Glucose Levels and Quality of Life in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Sleman Yogyakarta Hospital

Abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with blood glucose levels higher than normal. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing, especially type 2 diabetes mellitus caused by various factors such as lifestyle changes that affect the quality of health care. The quality of health-related quality of life. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between blood glucose level and the quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Sleman district hospital. The study is descriptive quantitative research with cross-sectional analytic. Data taken from questionnaires of quality of life and the medical records of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Sleman district hospital, Yogyakarta. Analytical methods to shown association between blood glucose level with the quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 used Chi- SquareTest. The sample in this study were 64 cases of diabetes mellitus type 2 with inclusion criteria. Diabetes mellitus type 2 with high blood glucose level and lower quality of life as much as 41 cases. For patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 with high blood glucose levels and high quality of life for as much as 4 cases. While people with diabetes mellitus type 2 with low blood glucose levels and lower quality of life as much as 5 cases. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with low blood glucose levels and high quality of life as much as 14 cases. There is a significant association between blood glucose level and the quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (p=0,000). This study concluded that there was a significant association between blood glucose level and the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Keywords: type 2 diabetes, blood glucose levels, quality of life.