Background. Accurate care of patients with type 2 diabetes may reduce risk of complications. This study was conducted to envisage current status of cares that are provided for a sample of Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes and highlight the domains that need to be focused on in the country's national type 2 diabetes care program. Methods. Behavioral risk factors and diabetes related complica...

BACKGROUND Continuous performing of diabetes self-care behaviors was shown to be an effective strategy to control diabetes and to prevent or reduce its- related complications. This study aimed to investigate predictors of self-care behavior based on the extended theory of reasoned action by self efficacy (ETRA) among women with type 2 diabetes in Iran. METHODS A sample of 352 women with type ...

The study evaluated the efficacy of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), along with self-efficacy to predict dietary behaviour in a group of Iranian women with type 2 diabetes. A sample of 352 diabetic women referred to Khoy Diabetes Clinic, Iran, were selected and given a self-administered survey to assess eating behaviour, using the extended TRA constructs. Bivariate correlations and Enter re...

The objective of this study was to examine the influence of anthropometric measurements of pregnant women, gestational weight gain, fundal height, and maternal factors, namely age, education, family income, parity along with maternal hemoglobin, on birth weight of neonates. A cross sectional study was performed in Khoy City in north west of Iran. Four hundred and fifty healthy pregnant women in...

Abstract The Abu Ghalaga pluton in the southern eastern desert of Egypt (SED) consists undeformed norite and hornblende gabbro intruding island arc metavolcanics, ophiolitic rocks, syn-tectonic older granitic rocks. Fe-Ti ore (mainly ilmenite) occurs form lenses at base norite. Based on microtextures, mineralogy, chemical composition, three types ilmenites are recognized: massive high-Mg type, ...