background: empowerment of people with diabetes means integrating diabetes with identity. however, others’ stigmatization can influence it. although diabetes is so prevalent among iranians, there is little knowledge about diabetes‑related stigma in iran. the present study explored diabetes‑related stigma in people living with type 1 diabetes in isfahan. materials and methods: a conventional con...

conclusions this study showed that audio-visual training can have a significant effect on the self-efficacy of people with type 1 diabetes. providing audio-visual equipment to referral centers of type 1 diabetics, such as hospitals, health centers, and clinics, as well as informing related officials, can be of benefit to managers. results the mean of the self-efficacy score improved significant...

background: these days, diabetes is deemed as one of the most important health and social-economic problems of the world. since parents play a major role in treatment of diabetes, the most important part of managing diabetes is in the hands of the parents of children affected by diabetes. this special responsibility will increase the stress and family challenges and impacts parents’ emotional r...

background: there have been very few studies, with contradictory results, on the zinc status of children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes mellitus. the objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine zinc status based on the serum zinc concentration in type-1 diabetic children and adolescents and compare it with that of healthy controls. methods: thirty children and adolescents wit...

Background & Aims: Changing the hormonal output of endocrine glands, diabetes leads to the occurrence of secondary metabolic disorders. Neuropathy, on the other hand, is the most common neurological complication of diabetes which affects the neuroendocrine system, in addition to peripheral and autonomic nervous system, contributing to exacerbation of disease severity. In this line, the present ...

objective: to identify the proportion and some selected characteristics of juvenile diabetics attending birdem hospital. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study. the study was conducted in the birdem hospital. all diabetic young aged up to 18 years who visit birdem hospital were included in study population. the sample size was 240. results: it was observed that among the respon...

background : type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1dm) is an autoimmune disease characterized by selective destruction of pancreatic beta cells.   methods: the study included 80 children, 20 of them have t1dm, 40 children were selected from first degree relatives to the same child and 20 healthy children serve as control. body mass index (bmi) was calculated, random blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglo...