EMPOWERMENT OF THE HEALTH CADER IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIVING DIABETESI THROUGH PSYCHOEDUCATION

Abstract

A preliminary study at the West Bogor Health Center revealed that diabetics had difficulty controlling their blood sugar even though they had taken medication. They also sometimes feel frustrated because various efforts have been made but blood sugar does not drop. Saturation is sometimes felt because of long and continuous treatment. One effort to reduce the psychological impact is psychoeducation which is expected to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes. Psychoeducation is a strategy to provide information about the disease and how to treat it, exercise behaviors in dealing with problems, how to control tension and stress, and strategies to overcome patient behavior problems (Andren, 2005). Psychoeducation in diabetics includes 1) education about DM management; 2) counseling about solving problems related to the impact of DM disease; 3) exercises about stress management and problem-solving. Psychoeducation: 1) Providing training to health cadres; 2) cadre mentoring conducts training with the same stages to DM clients; 3) monitoring diabetics through Posbindu. Community Service activities can make health cadre knowledge 100% good, diabetics experience a good increase in knowledge (25% to 56.3%), good attitude (43.7% to 56.3%) and good quality of life (62.5% to 93.8%), maintaining good behavior (77.8%).This is supported by the level of education of health cadres 80% graduating from high school and high commitment from diabetics to adhere to management.