HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN KOMPLIKASI PADA PASIEN DIABETES MELITUS (DM) USIA PRODUKTIF DI POLI DALAM RSU MUHAMMADIYAH PONOROGO

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease caused by adolescents' fast-food lifestyles and unhealthy lifestyles, resulting in many productive-age individuals suffering from diabetes. Poor knowledge of those in the productive age group leads to negative complication prevention behaviors, coupled with unhealthy and unbalanced lifestyles. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and complication prevention behaviors in productive-age diabetes mellitus (DM) patients.
The study design used a cross-sectional correlation approach. The population of all diabetes mellitus (DM) patients in the Internal Medicine Clinic of Muhammadiyah Ponorogo Hospital in 2024 was 569, with an average of 47 patients per month, and a sample size of 47 patients. Purposive sampling was used, using a questionnaire, and analysis was carried out using the Chi-square test α 0.05.
The results showed that the majority of 25 respondents (53.2%) had poor knowledge about diabetes mellitus, and 27 respondents (57.4%) had negative attitudes toward preventing complications in productive-age diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. The results of the chi-square data analysis obtained p value = 0.001 meaning it is smaller than α = 0.05, and cc = 0.437 meaning there is a relationship between sufficient knowledge and complication prevention behavior in productive-age diabetes mellitus (DM) patients in the Internal Polyclinic of Muhammadiyah Ponorogo Hospital in 2025.
Preventing complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) in productive age is crucial to controlling risk factors by increasing knowledge, changing healthy behaviors, and developing a positive mindset.