The effectiveness of counseling on knowledge and compliance patients of diabetes mellitus is measured through HbA1c

In 2020 patients of Diabetes Mellitus in Indonesia increase to 7 million people. Diabetes Mellitus is characterized by increased blood glucose chemical reaction with hemoglobin that is HbA1c. It need a patient compliance in the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. Compliance can be achieved through counseling methods. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of counseling on the level of knowledge and compliance patients of Diabetes Mellitus is measured through HbA1C. The study is a quasi experimental design using validated questionnaires with before and after one group design. Sampling was done by purposive sampling. The sample size used as many as 21 patients. The research variables measured were the level of compliance, knowledge and HbA1c. The data analysis was conducted on the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test to analyze differences in knowledge between before and after counseling and Paired t-test to analyze differences in compliance and HbA1c (P <0.05). The results were significantly different in increasing knowledge with p = 0.020 and a significant difference in improving HbA1c with p = 0.023. There were no significant differences in compliance with p = 0.153. Counseling improve the knowledge however does not improve compliance patient of Diabetes Mellitus measured by HbA1c values.