Family Support and Dietary Compliance of Diabetes Melitus Patients : A Literature Review

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease chracterized by abnormal insulin secretion as a result of an unbalanced and irregular diet that causes hyperglycemia.  Nutritional therapy or diet is a major component of successful diabetes management. Diabetes patients need help or support from people around them, especially their families, because they have to undergo a diet for a lifetime. Therefore, it is obliged to help by caring and providing support so that diabetes patients are motivated to stick to a diet and have a strong desire to maintain their health and improve their quality of life. The aim of the literature review is to analyze and synthesize the evidence or literature on family supports and it is relationship with diabetes mellitus patients dietary compliance. The method of this library research employed the Google Scholar, PubMed and Research Gate database The search results of 449 articles  published from 2015 - 2020 with inclusion criteria of 10 articles with the keyword Family support AND diet adherence diabetes melitus OR diet compliance diabetes mellitus. The articles showed that generally, the family support provided to diabetes patients was categorized as good and supportive, and dietary compliance of diabetes mellitus patients was categorized as good pr complied with the dietary. This library research showed that family supports and dietary compliance of diabetes mellitus patients have a significant correlation