IMAGES OF LEUCOCITE LEVELS IN MELLITUS DIABETES PATIENTS AT TOTO KABILA HOSPITAL

Abstract

In 2019 Bone Bolango Regency was ranked fourth in cases of Diabetes Mellitus. The results of data at the Regional General Hospital of Toto Kabila, Bone Bolango Regency, found that there were 265 Diabetes Mellitus patients in 2020 from January to March 2020. One part of the body's defense system that can fight infection is white blood cells or leukocytes, so that an increase in the number of leukocytes indicates a complication process of Diabetes Mellitus in the form of infection. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of leukocyte levels in Diabetes Mellitus patients at Toto Kabila Hospital.

This type of research is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The population in this study is an unknown population using the proportion study formula (one group) and obtained a sample of 21 samples with the sampling technique by accidental sampling, using data analysis techniques obtained using the SPSS program.

The results obtained from this study were 16 patients had leukocyte levels above normal or abnormal with a percentage of 76.2%, while those with normal leukocyte levels were 5 patients with a percentage of 23.8%.