PENYULUHAN TENTANG MANFAAT SENAM KAKI UNTUK DIABETES DI KELURAHAN HELVETIA

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both (Habtewold, 2016). This disease significantly increases the risk of disorders of the cardiovascular system, end-stage kidney disease, blindness, amputation to death (Fonseca et al., 2012), where there is an increase in the number of sufferers from year to year (Lathifah, 2017). DM is a disease that requires lifelong management related to monitoring blood sugar levels. One of the management of DM is to carry out physical activities including foot exercises. The methods used in activities with counseling/education, training,. The community was formed through several activities, namely: coordinating with RT administrators, hamlets, and community leaders providing health education about the benefits of foot exercises for diabetes, giving rewards to kidney failure patients, giving door prizes after counseling activities, giving rewards to cadres. The results achieved after following the counseling and discussion the patient knows about what treatment should be done, what are the benefits of foot exercise for diabetes.