This study aims to determine the relationship between Health Locus of Control and compliance with diet in Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients at Tilongkabila Community Health Center. This research is a quantitative study. The research design I used in this study is correlational with a cross-sectional approach, which is carried out to see the relationship between the variables found. The level of dietary compliance in type 2 diabetes patients at the Tilongkabila Community Health Center shows that of the 74 respondents, there is 1 respondent (1.4%) who is not compliant, 57 respondents (77.0%) are quite compliant, and 16 respondents (21.6%) are compliant. The level of Health Locus of Control (HLOC) in the respondents consists of 13 respondents (17.6%) in the low category, 47 respondents (63.5%) in the moderate category, and 14 respondents (18.9%) in the high category. There is a relationship between Health Locus of Control and dietary compliance, where patients with a better HLOC show a tendency for higher dietary compliance.
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