Description:
The efforts to control diabetes mellitus are carried out by improving the management of the main risk factors for diabetes mellitus in primary health care facilities and community empowerment. Activities carried out in this study, data collection in the form of primary data was carried out by filling out questionnaires about risk factors related to diabetes mellitus which consisted of 13 items of questions which included risk factors for gender, age, genetics/ heredity, obesity/ BMI, diet, pattern of exercise/ activity, smoking, hypertension and stress. Sampling technique is done by non probability sampling method through purposive sampling. The results showed a mean age of 54.34 years. The lowest age of respondents was 34 years and the highest age of respondents was 70 years, male sex 26% and female 74%, had a family history of diabetes mellitus 58%, respondents who had a pattern of eating/ drinking were sweet 90%, had sports activities 58%, has a normal body mass index of 56% and who has a body weight of more than 30% and obesity 6%, has a smoking habit of 16%, has a history of hypertension 54%, has stress in life 30%. These factors will reduce the occurrence of diabetes mellitus and keep blood sugar levels stable.
Keywords: diabetes mellitus, risk factor, primary health care facilities, community empowerment