OPTIMALIZATION OF FAMILY ROLE AS SELF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SUPPORT AT TYPE 2 DIABETES

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease that currently affects many people in Developing Countries. Indonesia was ranked 4th in the world in the prevalence of patients with DM. One of the efforts of the Government to lower the prevalence of DM in Indonesia is to strengthen the 5 Pillars of Management DM namely education, physical exercise, diet, drug therapy and monitoring oriented to the management of a standalone (Self-Management) (Kent et al. 2013). In doing this self-management, patients with DM (diabetes) need a good support system of family as a companion namely diabetes in everyday life. Methods: The purpose of this research to analyze the use of the Family DiabEducation (FDE) method to optimize the role of the family as a supporting program of self management in patients with type 2 diabetes .The method which used was pre experimental one group pretest posttest design, by identifying the role of the family before and after ion the FDE intervention given. Conducted on 30 respondents with quota sampling. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank α of 0.05. Results: Results p = 0.00 which means there is a significant relationship between pre and post intervention with FDE. Conclusion: This research is expected to help the Government in approach and optimize the role of the family as a companion with diabetes. In addition, the results of this study are expected to provide sustainable ideas to explore and make the role of the family as the sixth pillar in the treatment of diabetes. Keywords: Family, DM, Self Management, Family DiabEducation (FDE