The relationship between sleep quality and blood glucose levels in diabetes mellitus patients in the working area of Losarang Community Health Center, Indramayu Regency

Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of death in the world due to
non-communicable diseases. Diabetes mellitus can affect almost all groups of
people around the world. The number of DM sufferers continues to increase from
year to year because of the lifestyle of today's humans who tend to be less active
and have unhealthy eating patterns. High blood sugar levels are very disruptive to
concentration for a good night's sleep, due to the frequent urge to urinate at night.
Sometimes excessive thirst appears. The purpose of this study was to determine
the relationship between sleep quality and blood glucose levels in diabetes
mellitus patients in the Losarang Health Center work area, Indramayu Regency
This type of research is a quantitative descriptive correlational study with a
cross-sectional approach. Sampling using purposive sampling technique totaling
74 respondents. The instruments used were the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
(PSQI) sleep quality questionnaire and blood glucose levels were measured using
a glucometer. Data analysis used the spearmank rank test. The research location
was in the Losarang Health Center working area, Indramayu Regency.
The results of this study found that most respondents had poor sleep quality
as many as 50 respondents (32.4%) and most respondents experienced high blood
glucose levels 63 respondents (85.1%). The results of the Spearmank rank test
obtained a p-value of 0.000 <a (0.05) then H0 = rejected, meaning there is a
relationship between sleep quality and blood glucose levels in diabetes mellitus
patients in the Losarang Health Center work area, Indramayu Regency.
It can be concluded that sleep quality is related to blood glucose levels in
patients with diabetes mellitus. So it is very important for patients to reduce poor
sleep quality to avoid increased blood glucose levels and to always maintain good
sleep quality.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Sleep quality, Blood glucose levels
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