The Impact of Tomato Juice on Reducing Blood Sugar Levels at Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Herri Novita Br. Tarigan, Siti Marlina, Kristin Natalia, Dewi Tiansa Barus

2019

Abstract

The number of people with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is estimated by WHO will continue to increase until 21.3 million in 2030, DM is a disease ranked 3 out of the top 10 diseases in Indonesia, where every year the population continues to increase due to changes in people's lifestyles, especially living in the city. This study used quasi-experimental research design with equivalent time sample design. The method was giving treatment to the first sample, while the second sample did not need to be treated. Then both samples are observed repeatedly. The sample technique used positive sampling. Statistical test results from the Wilcoxon test of the treatment group obtained p value = 0,002 < α = 0.05 , which means that there was an effect of tomato juice giving to decrease blood sugar levels. The study results can provide input for nurses in providing services to diabetes mellitus patients in the community that the tomato juice utilization is one of the efforts in reducing blood sugar levels without consuming pharmacological therapy

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tarigan H., Marlina S., Natalia K. and Barus D. (2019). The Impact of Tomato Juice on Reducing Blood Sugar Levels at Diabetes Mellitus Patients.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT, ISBN 978-989-758-460-2, pages 270-277. DOI: 10.5220/0009472802700277

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichimat19,
author={Herri Novita Br. Tarigan and Siti Marlina and Kristin Natalia and Dewi Tiansa Barus},
title={The Impact of Tomato Juice on Reducing Blood Sugar Levels at Diabetes Mellitus Patients},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,},
year={2019},
pages={270-277},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009472802700277},
isbn={978-989-758-460-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,
TI - The Impact of Tomato Juice on Reducing Blood Sugar Levels at Diabetes Mellitus Patients
SN - 978-989-758-460-2
AU - Tarigan H.
AU - Marlina S.
AU - Natalia K.
AU - Barus D.
PY - 2019
SP - 270
EP - 277
DO - 10.5220/0009472802700277