Abstract:
Diabetes Mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases with characteristic
hyperglycemia that occurs due to abnormalities of insulin secretion, insulin work
or both.The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Indonesia increases from year to
year.According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) predicts an increase
in the number of people with diabetes mellitus in Indonesia from 9.1 million in
2014 to 14.1 million in 2035.It is caused by several factors, one of which is
obesity, which is a major risk factor in the metabolic syndrome.The purpose of
this research is to identify the risk factor of the incidence of obesity in patients
with diabetes mellitus at Citra Medika Sidoarjo hospital.The design of this
research is descriptive research.The number of respondents as many as 110 people
using sampling technique is total sampling.Data collection using questionnaire
sheets and measuring body mass index (BMI).Data analysis techniques using the
Median descriptive analysis.The results of this study showed that most
respondents had obese body mass index I as much as 71 people (64,5%), obesity
II as much as 21 people (19.1%) And at a risk of 18 people (16.4%).Based on the
test results of the descriptive analysis using SPSS obtained median value (Me) of
27.0 it shows that the middle value of the respondent's BMI is 27.0
kg/m2.Incidence of obesity is caused by several factors that are diet/diets
excessive and unhealthy (high in glucose) because of the food that is liked and
often consumed by respondents who are many contain sugar and respondents
physical activity is mild.Thesmall physical activity of the respondent includes
watching television, walking, cooking and ironing because the respondents are
mostly as housewives.This affects the activity of adrenergic receptors of β3 (RAβ3)
in the body,thus causing lipid retention in fat cells and resulting in excessive
fat accumulation in the body so that there is an increase in body weight.
Therefore, the role of nurses as educators is expected to provide counseling on the
four pillars of diabetes mellitus control program so that diabetes mellitus sufferers
can live longer and improve the quality of life.
