Abstract:
Blood sugar levels of patients with diabetes mellitus must be designed so as not to cause
complications of organs and tissues. Control of blood sugar levels begins with the planning
stages of controlling behavior. Indonesia recognizes the four pillars of diabetes, diabetes
education, nutritional therapy, physical activity, and treatment consultation to control blood
sugar levels. Providing education through counseling 4 pillars to help counselees and support
the wrong and find alternatives to make their behavior more effective and better. Diabetes
mellitus in Citra Medika Hospital Sidoarjo. Analytical research design with a pre-experimental
design of one group type pre test post test design. The population of all patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus who met the inclusion and self-examination criteria at Citra Medika Hospital
Sidoarjo on March 18 - April 16, 2020 were 254 people taken by 15 people as samples using
consecutive sampling. The independent variable consists of 4 pillars of diabetes mellitus
management and the dependent variable is planning for controlling blood sugar levels of
patients with diabetes mellitus. Data is retrieved using a checklist. After being collected, the
data is processed and analyzed descriptively using a percentage. The results showed that most
respondents had less planning before being given counseling by 12 respondents (80.0%), most
respondents had adequate planning after being given counseling by 8 respondents (53.3%), and
there were those who used 4 pillar counseling management of diabetes mellitus. The difference
is motivated by counseling conducted by counselors who have the right scientific background,
complex counseling processes, discussions that can provide solutions for respondents, as well
as information that is easily accessed by respondents.
