The Effect Of Turmeric Stew Toward Glucose Blood Level Of Diabetes Mellitus Clients

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