Latar Belakang : Salah satu penanganan diabetes melitus (DM) dapat dilakukan dengan cara pengaturan diet. Namun diet yang dilakukan oleh lansia DM dapat dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor penyulit seperti jumlah makan yang harus diukur, keteraturan jadwal makan dan membatasi jenis makanan yang memungkinkan seseorang mengalami stres. Tujuan : Untuk mengetahui hubungan tingkat stres dengan kepatuhan diet lansia DM tipe 2 di Puskesmas II Denpasar Barat. Metode : Desain penelitian ini menggunakan analitik korelasi dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Pengumpulan data di Puskesmas II Denpasar Barat didapatkan sampel sejumlah 125 responden dari populasi 159 penderita yang diambil melalui metode consecutive sampling. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan yaitu kuesioner PSS-10 dan kuesioner PDAQ yang sudah memenuhi syarat validitas dan reabilitas. Data dianalisis menggunakan Spearman rho. Hasil : Hasil uji statistik terhadap n=125 (Spearman rho) menunjukan hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat stres dengan kepatuhan diet (p-value

Background: One of the ways to manage diabetes mellitus (DM) is through dietary management. However, the diet followed by elderly patients with DM can be influenced by several complicating factors, such as the amount of food that needs to be measured, the regularity of meal schedules, and limiting the types of food that can cause stress. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between stress levels and dietary adherence in elderly patients with type 2 DM at Public Health Centre II West Denpasar. Method: This study employed correlational analytics with a cross-sectional approach. Data were collected at Public Health Centre II West Denpasar by using the PSS-10 questionnaire and the PDAQ questionnaire, which met the validity and reliability requirements. In this study, 125 respondents were recruited as a sample from a population of 159 patients through a consecutive sampling technique. Data were analyzed using Spearman rho. Results: Findings on the statistical test of the sample (n=125 through Spearman rho) indicated a significant correlation between stress levels and dietary adherence (p-value