Pengaruh Senam Ergonomis Terhadap Distress Lansia Dengan Diabetes Mellitus

Background: People with Diabetes Mellitus in the world has reached 10,3 millions of people on the age of 20-79 years old. The people who has Diabetes Mellitus undergo the chronic life tension with the complex self-care and high risky to depression and Emotional Distress specifically because of Diabetes Mellitus. The data of the Diabetes Mellitus at shows Cakranegara Community Health Center 2018 abou 628 people had it on the age of 45-75 years. Methods: The research design was Pra Eksperimental One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The population in this research are 113 of Diabetes Mellitus elder. The samples obtained is about 30 elder of Diabetes Mellitus. The sampling technique was Purposive Sampling. The data collectioning of distress scale was used the questionnaire. This reserach analyzed by Wilcoxon with result (ρ=0.000). Results: The results shows before giving the Ergonomist Exercise intervention, most of the respondents on the moderate distress category about 25 respondents (83,33%). After giving the Ergonomist Exercise intervention, about 16 respondents is on the moderate distress category (53,33%), and about 14 respondents is on the mild distress category (46,67%). The results obtained ρ=0.000. Conclusions: There’s an effect of the ergonomist exercise to distress of the elder who has diabetes mellitus at Selagalas Regency of the working area of Cakranegara Community Health Center.