Abstract:
Diabetes Mellitus has become a public health problem which is steadily increasing from year to year in
Indonesia. Increased prevalence of diabetes occurs because of the effects of unhealthy lifestyles and diets.
Diabetes Mellitus has a poor prognosis if it is not treated immediately. It can lead to worse complications.
One way of controlling diabetes that patients maintain their quality of life is done with non-pharmacological
therapy, namely turmeric therapy. This study aimed to determine the effect of turmeric stew of therapy on
blood sugar level of DM patients. The study design was quasy experiment with non-equivalent control group
design. Respondents are divided into 2 groups, 16 for experimental group and 16 for control group (total
sample: 32 respondents). The experimental group took turmeric stew once in a day for 7 days consecutively.
Univariate analysis is used to describe characteristics of respondents and bivariate is used paired and pooled
t-test. The results showed that the majority of respondents were female (75%), elderly (81.4%), high school
education (46.8%), ethnic Minang (78.2%), and a housewife (56, 2%). The results of the bivariate analysis
showed a difference in mean blood glucose levels between before and after the treatment in the experimental
group (p value 0.00). Mean while, there was no difference in mean blood glucose level were between the
experimental group and the control group (p value 0.051). It is suggested to health public centers to
introduce herbal development program such as turmeric stew for DM clients in the community
