Provision of Nutrition Counseling and Taichi Exercise on Blood Sugar Levels of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Aurasyifa Salsabila Nixon, Iskari Ngadiarti, Pritasari.
The main goal of nutritional therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus is to achieve normal blood sugar levels to prevent further disease development. Setting diet, physical exercise is one of the important things, apart from drug therapy. The purpose of this study was to assess whether providing nutrition counseling and taichi exercise for 4 weeks can improve blood sugar levels in type 2 DM patients to normal. The research method was Quasi-Experimental with a control group on 12 type 2 DM patients with age 45–65 years, and have blood sugar levels >200 mg/dl. The interventions provided were nutritional counseling and Taichi exercises for 4 weeks. Data analysis used Paired Sample T-test and Independent Sample T-test. Results: The second intervention given, namely nutrition counseling and taichi exercise as well as nutrition counseling intervention alone could reduce blood sugar levels (p-value <0.05) or the mean decrease in blood sugar levels in the intervention group was 93.76 mg/dl and the control group 45.7 mg/dl. Conclusion: Nutrition counseling interventions and taichi exercises or nutrition counseling alone can reduce blood sugar levels. However, the decrease in blood sugar levels was two times higher in the combined intervention of nutrition counseling and taichi exercise compared to nutrition counseling alone. Suggestion: Healthy lifestyle interventions are effective for controlling blood sugar levels in type 2 DM patients.
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