Hubungan Self-Empowerment dengan Tingkat Stres pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in its treatment requires the ability to comply with the management recommended by the doctor. Diabetes mellitus treatment is influenced by the level of self-empowerment of each individual. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between self-empowerment and stress levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Method: This type of research is a quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. The number of respondents in this study was 109 people, with a sampling technique using purposive sampling because not all samples had criteria that matched the researcher's assumptions. The data obtained were analyzed using the somers’d test. Results: Based on the results of the somers’d test, the results obtained were that the most respondents had high self-empowerment, as many as 53 respondents (48,6%). The highest stress level was in the mild stress category, as many as 53 respondents (48,6%). The results of the statistical test obtained a p value of 0.000 (<0,05), which means that there is a relationship between self-empowerment and stress levels and the correlation coefficient number is -0.746, which means that the relationship is very strong and the direction is negative (opposite). Conclusion: There is a perfect relationship between self-empowerment and stress levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus