290 Care: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Kesehatan Vol 10, No 2, Tahun 2022, hal 290-303 Tersedia online di https://jurnal.unitri.ac.id/index.php/care ISSN 2527-8487 (Online) Cara mengutip: Fati,L., Asniar, A., Susanti, S.S. (2022). Factors Related To Self-Care Activities In The Elderly With Diabetes Mellitus In Bener Meriah Regency. Care: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Kesehatan Vol 10, No 2, 2022, hal 290-303. Retrieved from https://jurnal.unitri.ac.id/index.php/care/article/view/ 2338 Factors Related To Self-Care Activities In The Elderly With Diabetes Mellitus In Bener Meriah Regency Lina Fati 1 , Asniar Asniar 2* , Suryane Sulistiana Susanti 3 1 Master Program of Nursing Science, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala 2 Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala 3 Department of Family Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala e-mail co-author: asniar@unsyiah.ac.id * ABSTRACT The number of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) survivor were continuously increasing, especially among the elder population. This study aims to identify any factors associated with self-care activities in the elder with DM, also the relationship between knowledge, self-efficacy, and family support to the self-care activities in such population. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS for univariate, bivariate (Pearson), and multivariate (logistic regression) techniques. The results indicate that there was a relationship between knowledge and self-care activities in the elder with DM (0.000 < 0.05), and there was no relationship between self-efficacy and self-care activities (0.824 > 0.05). Moreover, a significant relationship showed between knowledge and self-care activities (0.000 < 0.05), and based on the linear regression test results, this research concluded that family support (0.000 < 0.05) become the most decisive factor and influence on self-care activities in the elder with diabetes mellitus in Bener Meriah Regency. Further research is needed to identify any behavioral changes in self-care activities in the population. Keywords: Activities; diabetes mellitus; elderly; self-care ABSTRAK Penderita diabetes melitus terus meningkat, termasuk para lansia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan aktivitas perawatan diri pada lansia dengan diabetes melitus, hubungan antara faktor pengetahuan, efikasi diri, dan dukungan keluarga terhadap aktivitas perawatan diri pada lansia diabetes mellitus. Pengumpulan data menggunakan instrumen kuesioner dan data dianalisis dengan bantuan SPSS dengan teknik analisa univariat, bivariat ( pearson), dan multivariat (uji regresi logistik). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara pengetahuan dengan self-care activities pada lansia dengan diabetes melitus (0,000 < 0,05), tidak ada hubungan antara self- efficacy dengan self-care activities pada lansia dengan diabetes melitus (0,824 > 0,05), dan ada hubungan antara pengetahuan dengan self-care activities pada lansia dengan diabetes melitus di Kabupaten Bener Meriah (0,000 < 0,05). Berdasarkan hasil uji regresi linier dapat disimpulkan bahwa dukungan keluarga (0,000 < 0,05) merupakan faktor yang paling kuat pengaruhnya terhadap self-care activities pada lansia dengan diabetes melitus di Kabupaten Bener Meriah. Penelitian lebih lanjut diperlukan untuk mengidentifikasi perubahan perilaku dalam self-care activities pada lansia dengan diabetes melitus. Kata Kunci: Diabetes melitus; Lansia; Self-Care Activities