Effectiveness of Gita Gymnastics on Blood Sugar Level Among Elderly With Diabetes Mellitus in Kediri

The Elderly has a high risk of degenerative diseases. Diabetes Mellitus is a degenerative disease that occurred in the elderly. Excercise regularly can reduce blood sugar levels in the elderly. GITA gymnastic is a mild exercise that can be applied and not burdensome if done routinely by elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of GITA gymnastic on blood sugar levels in the elderly with diabetes mellitus. This research is an experimental design of the field with pre-post group design. Respondents are elderly with diabetes mellitus in Clinic Bandar Lor Kediri. Respondent 20 people, divided into two groups, gymnastic group 10 people and control group 10 people. In gymnastic group is given training of GITA gymnastic for 8 weeks, 3 times a week, with a duration of 30 minutes each session. The control group did not have treatment. The result of this study indicates the post-test of fasting blood sugar levels in the gymnastic group is significantly lower than the pre-test of fasting blood sugar levels (p= 0.003). In the independent T test, there was a significant difference in the mean deviation of fasting blood sugar levels in the gymnastic group and control group (p=0,001). GITA gymnastic for eight weeks is effective in reducing blood sugar levels among the elderly with diabetes mellitus.