TY - JOUR JF - A Strategic Approach to Increase the Compliance of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus TI - A Strategic Approach to Increase the Compliance of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ID - repository782 AV - public UR - http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/782/ N2 - There are still found high levels of non-compliance of some patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of public counselling and booklet handout to increase compliance of patients with type 2 DM. The study was a prospective quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) test and Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) questionnaire were performed before and 12 weeks after intervention. The given intervention were public counselling and educational booklets which performed three times during the study period. The study was conducted in Makasar and Kebon Pala primary health care in East Jakarta. Among 30 respondents with type 2 DM who completed interventions, there were 63.3% patients had HbA1C level > 7% and 53.4% who had MMAS-8 score > 2 which was considered low compliance. However, after intervention, the percentages declined significantly (p < 0.05) to 23.3% and 33.3%, respectively. In conclusion, the public counselling and booklet handout were effective to improve the compliance of patients with type 2 DM. PB - Unity in Diversity and the Standardisation of Clinical Pharmacy Services A1 - Nora Wulandari, Nora A1 - Daniek Viviandhari, Daniek A1 - Nurhayati, Nurhayati ER -