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DSTUDENTNUMBER :
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ABSTRACT

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hOr ganizat i
on, Di abetesisachr onicmet abol i
cdi sease
charact erizedbyel evatedlevelsofbl oodgl ucose( orbloodsugar ),whichov ert i
me
causesser i
ousdamaget othehear t
, bloodv essel s,eyes, ki
dney s,andner ves.Indonesia
i
sr anked7t hamong10count ri
eswi tht hehi ghestnumberofsuf f
er er
s, whichi s10.7
mi l
li
on.I ndonesi aistheonl ycountryi nSout heastAsi a, soIndonesi a'scont ributionto
thepr evalenceofdi abetescasesi nSout heastAsi aislar ge.Thisr esear chaimst oThe
sampl ingt echni queinthisstudyusedSt ratif
iedRandom Sampl i
ngwi thasampl esize
of69peopl e.Ther esult
soft hisstudyi ndi catet hatoft he69r espondent sbasedont he
l
ev elofknowl edge, 5peoplewi thDM hav egoodknowl edge( 7.2%) ,
44peopl e( 63.8%)
withsuf ficientknowl edgeand20peopl ewi thlessknowl edge.peopl e( 29%) .Basedon
theresul tsoft hest udy,i
tisknownt hatt hedescr ipti
onofknowl edgepeopl ewi t
h
diabetesmel l
i
t usaboutdiabetesmel l
itusi nt hear eaof​ UPTDPuskesmasGunungsi toli
Utara, t
hemaj or i
tyisquite44peopl e( 63.8%) ,goodmi nor i
ty5peopl e(7. 2%).
Resear cher ssuggestt hatpeopl ewithdi abet esmel l
i
tusi ncreaseknowl edgeabout
diabetesmel l
i
t us.