The Relationship Between the Blood Sugar History and Severity of Diabetes Mellitus Patients
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.025How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- history of blood sugar levels, leucorrhoea, diabetes mellitus
- Abstract
Background: Diabetes belongs to non-communicable diseases which may create many complications. One of the signs and symptoms that often occur in people with diabetes mellitus is itchy sensation in the genitals. Women who suffer from diabetes mellitus more often experience vaginal discharge if the level of glucose in the blood has increased. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of blood sugar levels history with the incidence of vaginal discharge in patients with type 2 diabetes in the working area of Sayung 1 Demak health center. Method: This type of research is descriptive correlation with retrospective method. Data collection using a seconder with medical report. The total number of respondents using total sampling technique is 169 respondents, the data obtained is then processed using the Spearman rank formula. Based on the analysis results obtained from 169 respondents, it was found that the history of blood sugar levels ≥200 was 96 respondents (56.8%) while respondents who experienced vaginal discharge were 85 respondents (50.3%). Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between history of blood sugar levels with vaginal discharge in patients with type 2 diabetes in Sayung 1 Demak Health Center with p value 0.024 and spearman rank correlation value of 0.174 which shows the strength of the correlation is very weak with a positive correlation direction.
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TY - CONF AU - Noor Hidayah AU - Muhammad Purnomo AU - Heni Dwiana PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/20 TI - The Relationship Between the Blood Sugar History and Severity of Diabetes Mellitus Patients BT - Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 132 EP - 136 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.025 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.025 ID - Hidayah2020 ER -