PENGARUH STRES TERHADAP FUNGSI MEMORI PADA PASIEN DIABETES MELITUS DI KOTA DEPOK

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that affect psychological side of individual with diabetes. Stress is one of the result of chronic disease. Stress has a negative impact on people with diabetes melitus because it causes a state of hyperglycemia. Hyperglycaemia is the beginning of cognitive function impairment, one of which is damage to memory function. This study aims was to determine the relationship between stress and memory function. The design of this study was correlative analytic with cross sectional approach, using 85 respondents with diabetes mellitus in Kecamatan Sawangan Depok. Stress was assessed using Depression, Anxiety, Stress scale 42 (DASS 42), especially on stress subscales consists of 14 statements. While the memory function was assessed using the forward and backward digit span. Bivariate analysis test using Spearman Rank test stated that there was a significant relationship between stress and memory function in people with diabetes mellitus in Depok City (p <0,05). This study recommends to health practitioners to emphasize stress management in the management of diabetes mellitus and early assessment of stress levels prior to health education in people with diabetes mellitus.