Hubungan Dukungan Instrumental dengan Kualitas Hidup Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 di Puskesmas Ngemplak Simongan Kota Semarang

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a disease with various causes or chronic metabolic disorders such as carbohydrates, lipids and proteins characterized by high blood glucose levels due to a lack of responsiveness of the body's cells to insulin, which will cause several impacts on the body. Objective: This research aims to determine the relationship between instrumental support and the quality of life of type 2 DM patients at the Ngemplak Simongan Community Health Center. Method: This research is a quantitative, cross sectional study involving 54 respondents who are members of Prolanis DM type 2 using a simple random sampling technique. Results: The research shows that the majority of respondents are elderly (<65 years) 24 (44.4%), women 34 (63, 0%), junior high school education 15 (27.8%), good instrumental support 53 (98.1%), and high quality of life 52 (96.3%). Conclusion: There is a relationship between instrumental support and quality of life (p-value 0.001), the strength of the relationship is moderate (r = 0.429) and the direction of the correlation is positive. The better the instrumental support, the higher the patient's quality of life.