Pengaruh Aktivitas Fisik Jalan Kaki Terhadap Penurunan Kadar Gula Darah Sewaktu Pada Penderita Diabetes Mellitus

Background: Diabetes mellitus is classified into a group of metabolic diseases
with the specific characteristic of increased blood sugar levels or hyperglycemia,
which is caused by abnormalities in insulin secretion or abnormalities in insulin
work. Physical activity can also affect blood sugar levels, one of which is the type
of physical exercise recommended for people with diabetes mellitus, walking.
Purpose: To find out the benefits of walking physical activity in reducing blood
sugar levels in people with diabetes mellitus.
Method: This research design is experimental in the form of a one group pretest�posttest design. This research was carried out by providing walking physical
activity intervention 3 times a week for 20 minutes.
Results: Based on the application of EBP, the results obtained from 3 research
respondents experienced a decrease in blood glucose levels every day with
different differences. This can be proven that non-pharmacological therapy using
walking physical activity is effective and can be used to reduce blood glucose
levels in diabetes mellitus sufferers.
Suggestion: It is hoped that the results of this research can provide insight to
diabetes mellitus sufferers in efforts to manage diabetes mellitus with the physical
activity of walking and can have implications for this.