PEMERIKSAAN DAN PERAWATAN SPA KAKI DIABETIK BAGI PENDERITA DIABETES MELLITUS TIPE 2 DENGAN RESIKO LUKA PADA KAKI

Care, Diabetic Foot, Diabetes Mellitus

Abstrak

The main problem experienced by people with diabetes mellitus is the presence of acute and chronic
complications that can aggravate health problems. One of the health problems due to Diabetes
Mellitus is amputation due to hyperglycaemia conditions which can interfere with leucocytes as
macrophages, resulting in prolonged wound healing and will cause infection. This community
service is an effort to care and prevent Diabetes Mellitus to the community by using education,
demonstration and mentoring methods. The purpose of this activity is to increase the knowledge of
the Paccing village community about Diabetes Mellitus and be able to apply diabetic gymnastics
and diabetic foot SPA treatments. This activity includes three stages, namely Preparation,
Implementation and Evaluation. The output of this activity is that there is an increase in knowledge
before and after the intervention as many as 19 (54%) respondents in the low category, 14 (40%)
respondents in the moderate category and 2 (5.7%) respondents in the high category while the data
obtained after the intervention are 3 (8.6%) respondents in the low category, 18 (51.4%)
respondents in the moderate category and 14 (40%) respondents in the high category. it is hoped
that the results of this activity will become a recommendation for the Puskesmas and the local
government to be followed up, especially regarding advanced care and treatment that suits the
needs of people with Diabetes Mellitus.