Hubungan Self Care dengan Kualitas Hidup pada Pasien Ulkus Diabetikum yang dirawat dengan Metode Perawatan Luka Modern di Klinik Asri Wound Care Tahun 2019

Abstract

Patients with diabetic ulcers are susceptible to poor quality of life, related to the healing process of patients who take a long time. Nursing This condition is the cause of the patient's less self-care. Self care that is less obedient will have a bad impact on quality of life. Caring for diabetic ulcers with modern care methods is the patient's choice to increase self care and quality of life. This study aims to identify the relationship of self care with quality of life in diabetic ulcer patients treated with modern wound care methods at the Asri Wound Care Clinic in 2019. This type of research uses correlation. The research design uses cross sectional design. The population and research samples were all 38 diabetic patients at the Asri Wound Care Clinic each month. The sampling technique used purposive sampling, the number of samples was 30 people. Instrument uses questionnaire self care sheets and quality of life. Data presentation was done by univariate and bivariate using Chi Square test. The results showed that the majority of self care obedient as many as 20 people (66.7%) and the majority of the quality of life were as good as 17 people (56.7%). The results of data analysis using the Chi Square test showed a r value of 0.004 (<0.05). Use of modern wound care in this study shows an improvement in quality of life after doing wound care with modern dressings. Quality of life improvement is in line with the results that show improvement in wound conditions that have an impact on increasing self care and quality of life. The research conclusion is that there is a relationship between self care and quality of life in diabetic ulcer patients at Asri Wound Care Clinic in 2019. It is expected that the clinic will pay attention to self care and quality of life of these patients, along with wound care with modern wound care methods.