Knowledge and Preventive Attitudes Toward Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Health and Non-Health Students at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Hendy, Ristiono Knowledge and Preventive Attitudes Toward Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Health and Non-Health Students at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. [Artikel Dosen] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease that causes death, ranked sixth in the world, without age restrictions. According to WHO, the total number of DM sufferers has increased significantly and has become a global epidemic disease. According to the Ministry of Health (2018), the prevalence of DM reaches 8.5% in adults. Good knowledge about DM is a person's capital to regulate a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes towards diabetes prevention, especially type 2 diabetes, in health and non-health students at Ahmad Dahlan University. The method used in this research is analytic observational with a cross-sectional study approach. The subjects used were non-health students from Ahmad Dahlan University who met the inclusion criteria. Calculation of sample distribution using the proportional convenience sampling technique, while for the sampling technique using accidental sampling. Analysis Univariate showed that health students had a knowledge level in the good category 86.8% and a prevention attitude in the good category 75.0%, while non-health students had a knowledge level in the good category 73.8% and a prevention attitude in the good category 57.1%. Bivariate analysis using Spearman's rank obtained a p-value of 0.04 < α (0.05). Health students have an average knowledge level of 89.9% and 83.47% in prevention attitudes, while non-health students have 82.52% and 79.48% in prevention attitudes, respectively. The conclusion in this study was that the level of knowledge and attitude of preventing type 2 DM in health and non-health students was mostly in the good category. Bivariate analysis concluded that there was a relationship between the level of knowledge and attitude towards the prevention of type 2 DM.

Item Type:	Artikel Dosen
Subjects:	R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisi / Prodi:	Faculty of Pharmacy (Fakultas Farmasi) > S1-Pharmacy (S1-Farmasi)
Depositing User:	apt., MPH Hendy Ristiono
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2025 06:58
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2025 06:58
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/87784

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