Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a clinical syndrome with symptoms of hyperglycemia, urinary glucose excretion and disorder of insulin mechanism.Approximately 90-95% of diabetic patients suffer from type 2 DM.Various studies show that compliance to treatment of chronic disease in general is low.
Compliance to eating or food frequency amongst DM patients in hospital D-pad/board in particular is very low.The success of self management of blood glucose (SMBG) needs participation of the patient, families, and educator team.Objective: To study the factors affecting eating compliance particularly eating schedule among type 2 diabetic out-patient who had nutrition counseling in RSUD Kota Yogyakarta.
Method: It was an observasional study with cross sectional design and purposive sampling.Data collection was done in October 2008 with 98 subjects.The sampel were type 2 diabetic out-patients according to inclusion criteria at out- patient clinic in RSUD Kota Yogyakarta.
Statistical test with 95% confidence interval was applied to investigate factors infuenced eating compliance.Results: There were no correlations between eating compliance and disease duration (RP= 1,253 and p =0,403), and also with type SORE THROAT SPRAY of occupation (RP= 1,047 dan p= 1,000).However, it was found that family support affected eating compliance (RP= 1,723 dan p= 0,025) as well as eating schedule before nutrition counseling (RP = 2,151 and p= 0,02).
Conclusion: Duration of disease and type of occupation did not affect eating compliance.Nevertheless, family support and eating schedule before nutrition education affected eating compliance among type 2 DM out-patients in RSUD Kota Yogyakarta.