Survei Literasi Kesehatan Pada Pasien Diabetes Di Puskesmas Kota Yogyakarta
Abstract
The diabetes/sugar disease phenomenon is caused by changes in people's lifestyles,
starting from eating behavior, physical activity habits, unbalanced diets, obesity, and
others. This is related to the patient's socio-demographic situation, especially
knowledgeor literacyregarding the importanceof health behavior. If literacyislow, it
will have an impact on DM patients being limited in taking preventive measures, slow
treatment when sick, inefficient use of medicines, high treatment costs, and evenresult
in social discrimination. Apart from that, it is also greatly influenced by the support of
health providers such as Community Health Centers. Community health centers
arehubs forproviding basic services, especiallythoseinvolving educationand health
promotion efforts starting from the preparedness of health workers, readiness to
collaborate in providing correct health information, and adjusting interaction patterns
with patients. This researchaims to identifya picture of the health literacy of DM
Puskesmas patients in Yogyakarta City. By considering socio-demographic
characteristics, access to information sources, individual health history, and
relationship with health providers. Methods: The research design is a cross sectional
study. The research was carried out at 3 Community Health Centers in YogyakartaCity.
The research subjects were DM patients aged 15-60 years who received treatment at
the Community Health Center. The sampling method was carried out using probability,
namely purposive sampling. The total number of samples was 45 patients who were
undergoing treatment at the Community Health Center. To see the influence of the
health literacy level of DM patients on their treatment, univariate analysis, bivariate
and multivariate analysis were carried out. Results: The results of the study showed
that socio-demographic factors, JKN membership, easy access to health information
and health providers did not have a significant influence. Meanwhile, income level and
health status factors had an influence on the health literacy level of diabetes patients
at the Yogyakarta City Health Center (P<0.05; CI: 95%). Conclusion: Healthcenter
providers or health workers need to strengthenearly health promotion and education
activities for people who have the potential or symptoms of DM.
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