Background: Opium is one of the most commonly abused opiates in developing countries including Iran. Considering the importance of maternal health on the newborn, we aimed to assess the effect of opium abuse on fetal heart rate (FHR) characteristics in a sample of pregnant women in Zahedan, Southeast Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 100 pregnant women referring to Ali-Ibn-Ab...

Background People with type 1 diabetes (T1D) encounter a series of chronic stressors related to their condition. Common issues include worry about complications, fear of hypoglycemia, and inescapable preoccupation with food, exercise, and dietary regimens. Other sources of distress include misplaced illness beliefs, lack of knowledge, social support or explanations as well as feelings of being ...

OBJECTIVE The role of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in type 2 diabetes is still a matter of debate. In the framework of a nationwide outcomes research program, we investigated the frequency of SMBG and its association with metabolic control and quality of life (QoL). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study involved 3,567 patients with type 2 diabetes who were recruited by 101 outpatie...

OBJECTIVE To validate a Chinese version of the Diabetes Distress Scale (CDDS). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The CDDS was derived using forward-backward translation and administered in 189 Chinese type 2 diabetic patients with evaluation of its psychometric properties. RESULTS On the basis of principal-component analysis, three factors of the 15-item version of the CDDS (CDDS-15) accounted fo...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is Australia's fastest growing chronic disease, and has high comorbidity with depression. Both subthreshold depression and diabetes distress are common amongst people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and are associated with poorer diabetes self-care. A need exists for low-intensity self-help interventions for large numbers of people with diabetes and diabetes distres...

Objective. While automated insulin delivery (AID) systems aim to improve glycemic outcomes, the opportunity psychosocial outcomes is also of critical importance for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes their caregivers. We evaluated in these groups during a clinical trial tubeless AID system, Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System. Methods. This single-arm, multicenter, prospecti...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Undetected diabetes distress is a cause of concern. However, the lack of a validated questionnaire is a barrier to screening for diabetes distress. The aim of the present study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes scale (SG-PAID-C), and its association with sociodemographic and clinical parameters in patients with ...