OBJECTIVE To determine the influence of number and type of antidiabetes medications on adherence and glycemia of ambulatory type 2 diabetes patients in southwestern Nigeria. METHODS A cross-sectional study using pre-tested structured questionnaire among 176 consented patients recruited from the endocrinology clinics of two teaching hospitals between November, 2010 and January, 2011; and a ret...

Herein I investigated the impact of vitamin D on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. 128 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled in this study (mean (S.D) age: 57.7±10 years, 26.6% were female). It was collected clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients from hospital records retrospectively. Patients were divided into two groups according to the HB...

AIM To assess the impact on fear of hypoglycaemia and treatment satisfaction with an artificial pancreas system used for 2 consecutive months, as well as participant acceptance of the artificial pancreas system. METHODS In a randomized crossover trial patient-related outcomes associated with an evening-and-night artificial pancreas and sensor-augmented pump therapy were compared. Both interve...

A total of 96 participants (mean diabetes duration 29 years) were randomized. Overall, biochemical hypoglycemia (£3.0 mmol/L) decreased (536 63 to 246 56 min/24 h; P = 0.004 [t test]) without deterioration in HbA1c. Hypoglycemia awareness improved (5.16 1.1 to 4.16 1.6; P = 0.0001 [t test]) with decreased SH (8.96 13.4 to 0.8 6 1.8 episodes/patient-year; P = 0.0001 [t test]). At 24 weeks, there...

BACKGROUND Self-efficacy is one of the factors involved in successful self-care of diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate general self-efficacy and diabetes management self-efficacy and to determine their association with glycemic control in diabetic individuals, referred to the diabetes clinic of Aq Qala city, North of Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 251 type 2...

CONTEXT Diabetes in children is increasing to epidemic proportions. It is essential to prevent its occurrence by screening for its modifiable risk factors at an earliest time. AIMS 1. To screen for childhood diabetes and its modifiable risk factors like obesity, physical inactivity, excessive eating of sweets, carbohydrate foods and chocolate intake and prolonged TV viewing. 2. To bring about...

background: anxiety disorders and substance abuse are commonest comorbidities among bipolar i disorder (bid) patients. this study investigated the prevalence of anxiety disorders among bid patients based on their dependency on opioid. methods: in this cross sectional study the bid patients in iranian hospital of psychiatry were divided into two 89-patient groups; one group was considered as opi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Studies have shown that pre-Ramadan structured educational program for patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is beneficial. In this study, our aim was to evaluate the degree of adherence of treating physicians to such programs and their influence on the patient's knowledge and behavior. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on adult patients ...