TY - JOUR AU - Ernawati . AU - Agus Sustiyono AU - Mulyati . PY - 2019/10/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Effectiveness of Ma’tsurat Dhikr in Reducing Blood Sugar Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Dr. Dradjat Prawiranegara Hospital Serang in 2018 JF - KnE Life Sciences JA - KLS VL - 4 IS - 13 SE - Articles DO - 10.18502/kls.v4i13.5272 UR - https://knepublishing.com/index.php/KnE-Life/article/view/5272 AB - Background: DM (Diabetes Mellitus) is a chronic/chronic metabolic disorder characterized by an increase in blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) caused by insufficient amounts of insulin or insufficient amounts of insulin, sometimes even more effective, this condition is called insulin resistence.Objective: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of ma’tsurat dhikr therapy in reducing blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at dr. Dradjat Prawiranegara Hospital Serang in 2018.Methods: The number of samples of this study was 34 respondents and the method was quasi-experimental. The data was analyzed by independent T-Test. The respondents of experimental group received DM exercise and morning-evening dhikr intervention, while the control group only received DM exercise intervention.Results:The results of the study showed that ma’tsurat dhikr affects significantly on the decrease of bloods ugarlevelsinpatienntswithtype2DMatdr.DradjatPrawiranegara Hospital Serang with p value<0.005.Conclusion: Intervention of ma’tsurat dhikr can be recommended for type 2 DM patients with elevated blood sugar levels in patients. ER -