PENGARUH SENAM KORAN TERHADAP PENURUNAN KADAR GULA DARAH PADA PASIEN DIABETES MELLITUS DI RUMAH SAKIT GRANDMED LUBUK PAKAM TAHUN 2025

Patients with diabetes mellitus often experience elevated blood glucose levels due to impaired insulin secretion and action, which, if uncontrolled, can lead to long-term complications. Light physical activity such as newspapers' exercises is thought to help lower blood glucose levels by increasing insulin sensitivity and glucose utilization by muscles. Objective: This study aims
to determine the effect of newspaper gymnastics on reducing blood glucose levels in diabetes mellitus patients at Grandmed Hospital Lubuk Pakam in 2025. Method: This study used a quantitative pre-experimental design with a one group pretest-posttest approach. A sample of 16 diabetes mellitus patients was selected using a purposive sampling technique. Measurements were made on blood glucose levels before and after newspaper gymnastics. Data analysis used the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test hypothesis test with a significance level of 0.05.