EFFECTIVENESS OF RESISTANCE EXERCISE PROGRAM ON BLOOD SUGAR, HBA1C, FAT, AND FLEXIBILITY IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

• Main Author: Mery Alviana, Irana
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/72175
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Background: Regular exercise is an important step in the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus. There are several exercises recommended for people with diabetes mellitus, namely aerobic exercise, resistance training, flexibility training, and even compound exercises. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of resistance exercise on reducing blood sugar, HbA1c, fat levels, and increasing flexibility in people with diabetes mellitus. Methods: This study was a one group pretest-posttest design pre-experimental study with 12 elderly people with diabetes mellitus from UPT Puskesmas Puter as subjects. Subjects were given a resistance exercise intervention program for 20 minutes with a frequency of three times a week. The measurement variables in this study were blood sugar, HbA1c, fat content, and flexibility. Results: Mean and standard deviation of total subjects based on age (63,00 ± 5,43 years), body weight (67,76 ± 12,59kg), height (154,29 ± 9,44 cm), and body mass index (28,40 ± 5,02 kg/m2). The results of the Paired T- Test daily blood sugar pre-test and post-test with the results of the value of tcount> ttable (t-value = 9,26), with significance <0,05 (p-value = 0,000), HbA1c pre-test and post-test with tcount>ttable (t-value=10,34), with significance <0,05 (pvalue=0,000), pre-test and post-test fat content with tcount>ttable (t-value=12,83), with a significance <0,05 (p-value=0,000), flexibility in the pre-test and post-test with the results of tcount>ttable (t-value=-13,67), with a significance value of <0,05 (p-value=0,000), these results showed a difference between the pre-test and post-test. Conclusion: The resistance exercise program for 20 minutes with a frequency of 3 times per week is effective in significantly reducing blood sugar levels, HbA1c, body fat and can increase body flexibility in elderly people with diabetes mellitus with a percentage decrease in blood sugar of 17,53%, HbA1c 18,81%, 7,31% fat, and increased flexibility of 19,79%. Insulin sensitivity testing and studies with longer interventions are needed and monitoring is ongoing to see long-term changes that occur.