Pengaruh Kolaborasi Gizi Dan Farmasi terhadap Tingkat Pengetahuan Diabetes Mellitus Lansia

<p><em>Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease whose treatment takes long time. DM has bad impact on health because of serious complications, both microvascular and macrovascular. Epidemiologically, it estimated that in 2030 the prevalence Indonesia will reach 21.3 million people. Almost 50% patients with type 2 are aged 65 years over. elderly metabolically different from other ages, so therapeutic approach needed this group. This have experienced physical mental decline which results decrease quality life understanding command to use medicine. The CBIA (Community Based Intensive Approach) method synergizes between nutrition</em><em>ist</em><em> pharmacist applied increase knowledge blood sugar levels their control suffering diabetes. research quantitative pre-post-test design study, design. Respondents were taken centers Bantul by purposive sampling method, 60 respondents obtained who fit inclusion criteria. level very important support achievement good for patients. measuring after intervention form pharmaceutical nutritional care together significant compared before was given there 4 low knowledge, 26 moderate 30 high knowledge. It increased 58 shows effect providing interventions synergize nutritionists pharmacists increasing patients' DM</em><em>.</em></p>