%X Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a major chronic illness worldwide, including in Indonesia. Also, the
adherence to antidiabetic medicines remains unsatisfactory. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness
of public counseling to increase medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: This
prospective study used a pre-test-post-test quasi-experimental design. It was conducted at Pondok Kelapa
primary health care center in East Jakarta. The intervention was public counseling that was delivered once per
month for three months (12 weeks) of the study period. The A1C (glycated haemoglobin) was assessed twice,
i.e., before and after the intervention. Results: Among the 30 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 83.3% of
them had the A1C level >6.5%. After 12 weeks of intervention, the percentage of A1C significantly declined
to 23.3% (p=0.00). Conclusion: Public counseling is effective to increase medication adherence in patients
with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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%I In Proceedings of the 1st Muhammadiyah International Conference on Health and Pharmaceutical Development
%J Public Counseling: An Educational Model to Improve Medication Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
%A Daniek Daniek Viviandhari
%A Nora Nora Wulandari
%A Francyska Francyska Putri Puspita
%T Public Counseling: An Educational Model to Improve Medication
Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients