HUBUNGAN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TERHADAP KUALITAS HIDUP PASIEN DIABETES MELLITUS TIPE II DI PUSKESMAS GUGUAK PANJANG TAHUN 2018
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) which is a degenerative disease that requires proper treatment and serious. DM sufferers must undergo continuous therapy. This condition can lead to a variety of health changes that cause physical and psychological disorders for sufferers. One of them is emotional intelligence and poor quality of life. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Emotional Intelligence Relationship Against the Quality of Life of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Guguak Panjang Health Center in 2018. This type of research wasresearch descriptive analytic. With aapproach cross sectional. The sampling technique uses a total sampling with 82 respondents. The instrument used was the question of the level of emotional intelligence and the quality of life questionnaire in patients with DM. The results of the chi-squere test showed that there was an Emotional Intelligence Relationship to the Quality of Life of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients (p <0.05). The conclusion of this study was that there was an Emotional Intelligence Relationship to the Quality of Life of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Guguak Panjang Health Center in 2018 the lower the level of Emotional intelligence the worse the quality of life in patients with Type II diabetes. It is hoped that patients with diabetes mellitus can put and control emotions so that they will improve the quality of life.