@article{Fadlilah_Sucipto_Rahil_2019, title={EFFECTIVENESS OF DIABETIC FOOT EXERCISES USING SPONGES AND NEWSPAPERS ON FOOT SENSITIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS}, volume={5}, url={https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/822}, DOI={10.33546/bnj.822}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background</strong>: Diabetes mellitus is a critical public health problem, and its prevalence in Indonesia remains high. Diabetes mellitus may cause complications, one of which is neuropathy that can impair foot sensitivity. This requires a treatment by doing diabetic foot exercises using sponges and paper.</p> <p><strong>Objective</strong>: To examine the effectiveness of diabetic foot exercise using sponges and newspapers on foot sensitivity in patients with diabetes mellitus.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong>: This is a quasi-experimental study with pretest posttest with a control group research design, which was conducted at Public Health Center Depok III, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. An accidental sampling technique was used to select participants, with a total sample of 108 respondents consisting of 36 respondents in a control group, 36 respondents in a sponge group, and 36 respondents in a newspaper group. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney test.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>: Among the three groups, only those who received foot exercises using sponges and newspapers had a significant effect on foot sensitivity (<em>p</em> <.05). However, there was no significant difference on the effect of foot exercise on foot sensitivity between sponges and newspapers group (<em>p</em> >.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The use of sponges and newspapers in foot exercise could significantly improve foot sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is therefore recommended for nurses to provide the foot exercise as a part of nursing practice in both hospitals and community health centers.</p>}, number={6}, journal={Belitung Nursing Journal}, author={Fadlilah, Siti and Sucipto, Adi and Rahil, Nazwar Hamdani}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={234–238} }