Klien diabetes melitus (DM) mengalami masalah fisil dan masalah psikologis: harga diri rendah. Tindakan keperawatan untuk klien dengan harga diri rendah dapat berupa tindakan generalis maupun terapi spesialis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan pengaruh tindakan generalis dan terapi kelompok suportif sebagai terapi spesialis terhadap harga diri klien DM yang dirawat di RS Panembahan Senopati Bantul. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan quasi experiment pre-post test with control group. Responden kelompok kontrol dan intervensi masing-masing berjumlah 20 orang. Hasil penelitian: pemberian tindakan generalis dan terapi kelompok suportif memiliki pengaruh yang lebih bermakna terhadap harga diri klien DM dibandingkan dengan pemberian tindakan generalis saja.

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Diabetes mellitus patients have both physical problems and psychological problems: low self-esteem. Nursing therapy for those patients can be general and supportive group therapy. Purpose of this study was to examine how supportive group therapy as specialistic therapy could affected diabetes mellitus pattients's self-esteem who were nursed in Panembahan Senopati Hospital, Bantul.

Design of the study was quasi experiment pre-post test with control group. Each of group had 20 patients as sample. Reselt of the study: general and suportive group therapy had statistically significant more affected to diabetes mellitus patients's self-esteem than general therapy.