background according to several studies, diabetes mellitus has been recognized as one of the main risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb). objectives the main purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) in patients with diabetes. materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted from april 2010 to december 2011 in ali asg...

abstract background: gestational diabetes mellitus is a prevalent pregnancy complication that seriously endangers mothers’ and babies’ health. the aim of this study was to explore factors affecting treatment compliance among women with gestational diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: a qualitative content analysis approach was employed. twenty‑five semi‑structured interviews were conducted...

diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder in the endocrine system. this dreadful disease is found in all parts of the world and is becoming a serious threat to mankind health. there are lots of chemical agents available to control and to treat diabetic patients, but total recovery from diabetes has not been reported up to this date. alternative to these synthetic agents, plants provide a potent...

background: low health literacy (hl) of patients has obtained more attention as a risk factor for poor adherence to treatment and adverse outcomes in chronic disease’s management particular in diabetes care. diabetes numeracy test‑15 (dnt‑15) has been developed specifically for this purpose. the objective of the current study is to evaluate psychometric properties of iranian (persian) version o...

background: the objective of this qualitative study on young adults with type 1 diabetes was to determine the factors associated with mismanagement of diabetes. methods: in this qualitative study, a descriptive phenomenological and psychological method was followed. purposeful sampling method was used in this study. 28 young adults aged 18-25 with type 1 diabetes (16 females, 12 males) with hba...

abstract diabetes mellitus is one of the major metabolic disorders. diabetes is recognized for severe complications including diabetic nephropathy, neuropathy and retinopathy. long-lasting effect of hyperglycemia results in increased oxidative stress. oxidative stress results from an imbalance between radical-generating and radical scavenging systems. increased oxidative stress has been shown t...

abstract introduction: in recent years, many studies employed and found an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and colorectal cancer. although increased risk of colorectal cancer in individuals with non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (niddm) has been observed in previous studies, limited information is available on the colorectal cancer associated with niddm in iran. the purpose o...