BACKGROUND/AIMS Based on the results of well designed clinical studies, intensive insulin therapy has been established to improve glycemic control in newly diagnosed diabetes. However, discrepancies exist between the findings of clinical trials and experiences in general practice. Furthermore, the efficacy of an early insulin therapy (EIT) - commonly used in general practice - on long-term glyc...

BACKGROUND A number of studies have examined the influence of self-efficacy, social support and patient-provider communication (PPC) on self-care and glycemic control. Relatively few studies have tested the pathways through which these constructs operate to improve glycemic control, however. We used structural equation modeling to examine a conceptual model that hypothesizes how self-efficacy, ...

Although numerous studies have tried to elucidate the best dialysis modality in end-stage renal disease patients with diabetes, results were inconsistent and varied with the baseline characteristics of patients. Furthermore, none of the previous studies on diabetic dialysis patients accounted for the impact of glycemic control. We explored whether glycemic control had modifying effect on mortal...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate antidiabetic drug treatment patterns and glycemic control among patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study using the automated databases of a 200 000-member HMO. METHODS The study population consisted of patients > or =18 years of age with documented type 2 diabetes mellitus from January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002. We det...

OBJECTIVE The Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) was a randomized, prospective, controlled trial of 1,791 patients with type 2 diabetes to determine whether intensive glycemic control would reduce cardiovascular events compared with standard control. The effect of intensive glycemic control and selected baseline variables on renal outcomes is reported. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Baseline...

Objective: Studies reported conflicting results’ regarding the status of depression and glycemic control in patients with type II diabetes(T2DM), therefore, this study was performed to determine the relationship between depression and glycemic control in T2DM patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 150 T2DM patients referred to Yazd diabetes researc...

BACKGROUND Poor glycemic control in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) patients is strongly associated with an increased risk of diabetes-related microvascular complications later in life, but it is unclear whether short period of poor glycemic control in children with T1D can cause evident microvascular morphological changes long before any pathological manifestation. Our study aimed to investigate the lon...

Methods: The CFH diabetes team consisted of endocrinologists, a nurse practitioner, nurse diabetes educators, and a registered dietitian providing coordinated diabetes management during a patient’s hospital admission. The team conducted a prospective, nine-month study of its impact on both hospital and ambulatory glycemic control for patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of diabetes me...

lowering the glucose level in diabetic patients reduces the risk of many consequences which are usually reported in these patients. non-insulin dependent (type ii) diabetes which cannot be controlled with sulfonylureas alone can be controlled with a combination of sulfonylurea and insulin. in an open randomized trial 58 patients were divided into three groups. the first group received only insu...