The Relationship between Sleep Quality and Hba1c Levels in Type 2 Diabetes mellitus Patients at Dr. Pirngadi Medan in 2019

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) type 2 is a type of DM with the most sufferers in Indonesia and the world. One of the factors that can affect blood glucose control for people with type 2 diabetes is sleep disturbance. Poor sleep quality causes abnormal glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, and reduced response to insulin, which increases HbA1C levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between sleep quality and HbA1C levels in type 2 DM patients. This study used an analytic correlation design with a cross-sectional study design. 47 respondents were selected by purposive sampling technique at Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital Medan in 2019. We conducted this research from December 2019 to February 2020. Respondent data was obtained through interviews with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) we obtained a questionnaire and HbA1C levels from the results of the respondents' HbA1C examination in the last three months, which can be seen in the patient's status. We carried data analysis using the SPSS version 21 program out univariate and bivariate using the Spearman test with a confidence level of 95% (? = 0.05) showed a p-value = 0.003 <0.05 and a value of r = 0.423. So that a significant relationship was obtained with a weak correlation between sleep quality and HbA1C levels.