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Anxiety Levels and Coping Mechanisms in People with Diabetes Mellitus During the Covid 19 Pandemic

Background: The psychological condition of diabetic patients affects blood glucose. Assessment of anxiety levels and coping mechanismsis important where diabetic patients are prone to psychosocial problems that affect glycemic control. Objectives: To analyze anxiety levels and coping mechanismsin diabetic mellitus patients during the COVID 19 pandemic. Methods: Descriptive methods of analytics with a cross sectional approach. Sampling with non probability sampling through purposive sampling in 66 diabetic patients at Idaman Banjarbaru Hospital. Results:The result of the analysis with p-value = 0.538 > 0.05, concluded Ho accepted. So there is no relationship between anxiety and coping mechanisms in diabetic mellitus patients during the COVID 19 pandemic. Discussion: Coping is considered a factor of a person’s equilibrium in the adjustment of anxiety conditions. Coping manages the problems faced, with adaptive coping then a person succeeds in solving the problem that makes the level of anxiety decrease.