Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to find out relationship between level of knowledge about diabetes mellitus with coping mechanisms of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Teluk Kuantan Hospital. Methodology on this research was a descriptive correlative with cross sectional approach. The number of sample is 30 respondents who were taken by convenience sampling (accidental sampling) technique. The measurement tool of this research is questionnaire with 15 questions and 20 statements. In this research, we use bivariate analysis with Chi-Square. The result of this research shows 14 respondents who have high level knowledge, 13 respondents do adaptive coping mechanisms (92,9%), and 1 others do maladaptive coping mechanisms (7,1%). The result also shows 16 respondents have low level knowledge with 3 respondent do adaptive coping mechanisms (18,8%) and 13 respondents do maladaptive coping mechanisms (81,3%). Basic on Chi-Square, p value 0,000 < 0,05, it mean there is a relationship between level of knowledge about diabetes mellitus with coping mechanisms of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Teluk Kuantan Hospital
