Adherence has an important role in therapy management in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. This research is to identify and analyze factors related to medication adherence. The design used in this study was a descriptive-analytic design with a cross-sectional approach. The population is type 2 Diabetes Mellitus sufferers of Prolanis Group in Primary Health Care Facilities in the Ponorogo Regency. A sample of 180 respondents was taken by purposive sampling technique. Variable X includes age, gender, education, occupation, income, and length of suffering. Variable Y was medication compliance with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients. Data collection used a Morisky Medication Adherence (MMAS-8) questionnaire and was analyzed using the Chi-Square test with a significant level of α <0.05. From the results of the study, it was found that the factors of age, sex, education, employment, income and duration of suffering had a significant relationship with medication adherence for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is expected that health services develop family and communitybased service management. Researchers are further advised to develop programs to improve medication adherence.

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Cervical cancer is known as the highest cause of death after breast cancer. It is gynecological cancer contributing to the top cause of death in women. Sexual and reproductive issues can reduce the quality of life of women with cervical cancer. WHO defines the quality of life as an individual's perception in the cultural context and value system in which the individual experiences and is related to their goals, expectations, standards, and affairs. It gives the concept of an individual's physical health, psychological conditions, one's beliefs, social relationships, and one's involvement with something meaningful in their environment. This article will explain the definition, symptoms, and staging of cervical cancer, the definition of the quality of life, the meaning of excellence for the cervical cancer patient, and the facts that affect the quality of life.  Keywords           : quality of life, cervical cancer, reproductive organ cancerCorrespondence  : mayangwulan8@gmail.com

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an incurable but manageable disease. The ability to control blood sugar levels in these patients requires collaboration between health care providers, especially doctors who prescribe drugs, and patients as someone whose health outcome will be affected. The results of cooperation between the two parties are shown by the patient's compliance in taking daily medication. The purpose of this paper is to gain a theoretical understanding of the concept of adherence in medication (taking daily medication in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients). Compliance in taking daily medication is the behavior to follow the suggestions or procedures from doctors about the use of drugs, which was preceded by the consultation process between patients and doctors as health service providers. Some aspects used to measure compliance in taking daily medications are frequency, number of pills/other drugs, continuity, metabolism in the body, biological aspects in the blood, and physiological changes in the body. While the determinants of the emergence of adherence in taking daily drugs include: patient perceptions and behavior, interactions between patients and doctors and medical communication between the two parties, policies and practices of treatment in the public made by the authorities and various interventions carried out so that compliance in consuming drugs occurs. The results of this paper are expected to be an understanding for those who are dealing with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, especially doctors and nurses as well as the patient's family so that patient compliance in taking daily medication can increase, so as to be able to control blood sugar.