HUBUNGAN STADIUM ULKUS DIABETIK DENGAN PERUBAHAN KONSEP DIRI PADA PENDERITA DIABETES MELITUS DI FASKES WILAYAH KABUPATEN BEKASI
ABSTRACT Health development continues to increase, causing changes in behavior and lifestyle that people live. High unhealthy lifestyles can cause diseases that are dangerous for survival, one of the phenomena that accompanies the progress of society with unhealthy lifestyles is a lack of exercise, an unbalanced diet, family history, obesity, an unhealthy environment, will give rise to diseases such as diabetes mellitus which is estimated that every year the number of people with diabetes mellitus will increase. Diabetes mellitus in the long term can attack all organ systems of the body. These chronic complications include changes in the cardiovascular system such as hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, visceral neuropathy, and complications of the legs or what is often called diabetic ulcers. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the stage of diabetic ulcers and changes in self-concept in people with diabetes mellitus in the health facilities in the Bekasi district. This type of research is an analytic survey with a cross sectional study design. The sample in this study were 32 patients who had diabetic ulcers at the Bekasi District Health Facility in November 2022 - February 2023. The results of the statistical test obtained a value of p = 0.264, so p ≥ α (0.05) meaning that H0 failed to be rejected, so it can be concluded that there is no relationship between the stage of diabetic ulcers and changes in self-concept in people with diabetes mellitus in health facilities in the Bekasi Regency area.