The Relationship Between Spiritual Comfort with Emotion Regulation of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Kalibagor Public Health Center in Banyumas

摘要

Chronic diseases, including Diabetes Mellitus, are stressors for individuals. This will affect the emotion regulation of individual. Individuals need a source of coping to solve the stressors, one of which is spirituality. Spiritual comfort will help individuals adapt to stressors so as to produce adaptive coping mechanisms. This study was aimed to analyze the relationship between spiritual comfort with the emotional regulation of Diabetes Mellitus patients in Kalibagor Public Health Center in Banyumas. Quantitative correlation research design with cross-sectional approach was applied in this study. The study samples were 82 DM patients in Kalibagor Public Health Center. The results found 69 respondents (84.1%) had high spiritual comfort, 58 (70.7%) had high emotion regulation. There is a relationship between spiritual comfort with emotion regulation with a p-value of 0,000 which is smaller than alpha, with the strength of relationship is strong (0.736). The higher the spiritual comfort is, the higher the emotion regulation in most DM patients is. A high spiritual comfort and emotion regulation are one source of positive belief coping to overcome stressors in DM patients.