Gambaran Efikasi Diri Pada Lansia Dengan Penyakit Diabetes Melitus Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mojolaban Sukoharjo

The increasing population of the elderly in Indonesia now be a concern of many parties. Health problems that often occur in the elderly one of which is diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is a non-communicable disease that needs a long time in management, so it needs to change the behaviour of sufferer. One of the factors to achieve behavior change in elderly with diabetes mellitus is self-efficacy. Self-efficacy in the elderly with diabetes mellitus has focuses on the ability of the elderly to manage, modify, and plan behavior, so they can properly to control their blood sugar levels. This study has a purpose to determine the level of self-efficacy in the elderly with diabetes mellitus in the working area of Mojolaban Public Health Center in Sukoharjo. This research is a quantitative study and using descriptive methods. The number of samples was 83 respondents with proportional random sampling technique. Retrieval of data using the Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy questionnaire (DMSES). Data analysis uses univariate analysis. The results of this study stated that the majority of elderly with diabetes mellitus in the working area of Mojolaban Public Health Center in Sukoharjo were mostly 60-65 years old, female sex, elementary school education, marital status is marriage, not working, and had diabetes mellitus for 1 - 5 years. The level of self-efficacy in the elderly with diabetes mellitus in the working area of the Mojolaban Public Health Center in Sukoharjo majority is good