Hubungan Lama Menderita Diabetes Melitus Dengan Kualitas Hidup pada Pasien di Rumah Sakit Royal Prima Medan.

Diabetes mellitus is one of the endocrine system disorders. Poor quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus will cause a decrease in self-care that impairs glycaemic control, increases the risk of complications, and worsens the situation over time. This study aims to determine the relationship between duration of diabetes mellitus and quality of life in patients at Royal Prima Medan Hospital. The type of research is quantitative correlation with cross sectional approach method. The study population was all patients with diabetes mellitus who did routine check-ups at Royal Prima Hospital. The sample size was 50 people with diabetes mellitus using consecutive sampling. Data analysis was carried out univariate and bivariate with chi square statistical test. Based on the results of the study, it can be stated that there is a significant relationship between age (p=0.026), gender (p=0.005), marital status (p=0.046), occupation (p=0.036), income (p=0.016), and duration of diabetes mellitus (p=0.001) to the quality of life of patients at Royal Prima Hospital Medan. It is recommended for health workers to conduct counselling on the importance of physical activity to prevent diabetes mellitus, and hold activities to encourage people to be active in physical activity such as prolanis healthy gymnastics every week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]