The Influence Of Tomato Juice And Red Dragon Juice On Changes In Blood Sugar Levels Of People With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Antang Health Center In Makassar

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition where the body cannot make enough insulin or use it efficiently, increasing blood sugar levels. Antang Health Center, which ranks first among 47 health centers in Makassar, has a relatively high proportion of DM patients. This research focuses on whether providing tomato juice with red dragon fruit juice has a different influence on changes in blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Antang Health Center.The type of research used was a quasi-experiment with a non-randomized pre-test and post-test control group design. The determination of samples by a purposive sampling method included as many as 52 respondents with type 2 diabetes mellitus, namely each of the 26 respondents in the main intervention group and the comparison intervention group. The sample was given tomato juice with red dragon fruit juice, as much as 250 ml for 14 days. The data obtained were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test and the Mann-Whitney test.The results showed the average blood sugar levels of the pre (244.88) and post (170.19) tomato juice groups, respectively, were obtained on average at pre (228.50) and post (173.84), respectively, p<0.05 values. There were significant differences before and after the intervention. Statistical test results after the intervention using Mann-Whitney showed a value of p = 0.044 (p<0.05). It can be concluded that there is a difference in influence between the two, with tomato juice being more influential than red dragon fruit juice, with an average of 30.73 and 22.27 points, respectively. It is expected that researchers will further examine the use of fasting blood sugar measurements.