ABTRACT: The high uncontrolled blood glucose level in people with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is still often found that is resulted from the factor of psychological stress. One of the interventions to help normalize the blood glucose level is progresive muscle relaxation (PMR). Therefore, this research was purposed to find out the effect of PMR towards blood glucose level in patients with DM type 2 (DMT2). This research was pre-experimental done by applying one group pretest posttest design. The

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... lation involved all patients with DMT2 without complications hospitalized in Surabaya Islamic General Hospital, in which 22 respondents were taken as the samples by using simple random sampling technique. The independent variable was PMR, whereas the dependent one was blood glucose level. The instrument used to measure blood glucose level was a glucometer. Moreover, the data were analyzed by using paired T-test with the significance level of α = 0.05. The result of research showed that before receiving PMR, the average blood glucose level was 238.40 mg/dl, whereas before receiving PMR, the average blood glucose level was 125.68 mg/dl. Moreover, the result of Paired T-test showed that p = 0.000 < 0.05 so that H 0 was rejected, illustrating that there was an effect of PMR toward blood glucose level before and after receiving PMR Discussion: In conclusion, PMR could decrease blood glucose level Therefore, the nurses in hospital should be able to do PMR done at home to balance blood glucose level in patients with DMT2 so that they can be more relaxed and independent. ABSTRAK: Kadar gula darah penderita DM yang tinggi atau tidak terkendali masih banyak dijumpai diantaranya karena faktor stres psikologi. Salah satu intervensi dalam membantu menormalkan kadar gula darah ini menggunakan teknik relaksasi (PMR) tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh PMR terhadap kadar gula darah pada pasien DMT2. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan Pra Experiment dengan mengunakan pendekatan One Group Pretest Postest Design. Populasinya adalah semua pasien diabetes mellitus tipe 2 tanpa komplikasi di RSI Surabaya. Sampel diambil secara simple random sampling dengan besar sample 22 responden. Variabel independen adalah PMR dan variabel dependen adalah KGD. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengukur KGD adalah glukometer test. Data dilakukan dengan uji analisis paired t-test dengan tingkat kemaknaan α < 0.05. Hasil penelitian didapatkan rata-rata kadar gula darah sebelum di berikan PMR 238.40 mg/dl dan rata-rata kadar gula sesudah diberikan PMR 125.68 mg/dl. Berdasarkan uji paired t-test di dapatkan tingkat signifikan p = 0,000<0,05 sehingga H 0 ditolak, ada pengaruh terhadap KGD sebelum dilakukan PMR dan sesudah diberikan PMR. Saran diharapkan agar perawat rumah sakit mampu melaksanakan teknik PMR untuk menyeimbangkan nilai kadar gula darah pada pasien DMT2 agar bisa lebih rileks, lebih mandiri dan dapat dilakukan di rumah.