THE EFFECT OF BOILING WATER OF PIPER CROCATUM LEAVES TO THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ON PATIENTS DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 IN THE WORK AREA OF ANDALAS PHC PADANG

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by elevated blood sugar levels. To lower blood sugar levels can be done with non-pharmacological therapy. One form of non-pharmacological therapy is piper crocatumleaf. Piper crocatumleaf contains flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, and essential oils that are lower blood sugar levels. This study aimed to determine the effect of the water decoction of piper crocatumleaves on blood sugar levels in people with diabetes mellitus type 2 in thework area of andalas PHC padang in 2018.  This type of research is quasi experiment with the approach of one group pretest - posttest design using purposive sampling with a sample size of 10 people. The research was conducted in September 2018. The results showed that the average blood sugar level before given boiled water piper leaves crocatum was 205.60 mg / dl with a standard deviation of 20 370, while the average blood sugar levels after given boiled water piper leaves crocatum is 186.90 mg / dl with a standard deviation of 22 148. From the data analysis using paired sample t-test is obtained pvalue 0.000 (p < 0.05), so it can be concluded that there was the influence of piper crocatum leaf boiled water on blood sugar levels in people with diabetes mellitus type 2. It is expected that health care workers, especially health center Andalas Padang to promote the use of piper crocatum leaf boiled water for lowering blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Keywords      : Piper Crocatum Leaves, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Blood Sugar levels