Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is the fifth leading cause of death in most countries of the world. Diabetes causes disability, high cost of treatment, and increased mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of chronic complications of diabetes and its related risk factors in patients referred to a diabetic's Center in Hamadan. Methods: The study population of this cro...

Background & Objective: Diabetes is a chronic disorder and the most complicated disease regarding its management and need for self-management. Cognitive-behavioral therapy plays a key role in self-management and self-regulation. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the self-care behaviors and psychological wellbeing and hope indicators in patient...

The present study investigated the effects of group Motivational Interviewing (MI) on weight loss in adults' with type II diabetes. Ninety-three Patients with type II diabetes were selected from Iranian Diabetes Society (IDS) and Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism (IEM). The participants were randomly allocated to the MI group (n=30), CBGT group (n=26), and a control group (n=37). There ...

Background and aims: Previous research has shown that one of the factors associated with type II diabetes and insulin resistance is impaired iron metabolism; also, one of the elemental keys in type II diabetes is regular exercise. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of moderate intensity body pump training on iron-related indices in women with type II diabetes. Methods: In the pr...

Introduction & Objective: The study of biopsychosocial factors influencing nephropathy as a most serious complication of type II diabetes is important. This study aimed to investigate risk factors accompanied with nephropathy in patients with type II diabetes based on the biopsychosocial model. Materials & Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive study, 295 patients with type II diabetes we...

Background and Objective: The epidemiologic study of diabetes is helpful in understanding the high-risk groups and their related factors. This study aimed to determine the epidemiology of type II diabetes in Kermanshah province. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, information was extracted using the records of patients referring to the Kermanshah diabetes clinic during 2013...

Introduction:Diabetes is a significant and expensive health problem which had influenced all the ages in almost all the countries. Increasing prevalence of this disease has been caused by continued changes in lifestyle such as unsuitable nutrition, lack of physical activities and fatness which is often related to modern city life, mechanization and industrialization. It is an expensive disease,...

Background: Insulin resistant is important risk factors of diabetes and leads to development of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Recent studies showed association between androgenic alopecia and insulin resistant. However, findings are controversial. Alopecia in women is a common heritable hair loss in central part of head. Aim of this study was investigation of and...

Background and purpose: Diabetes is a chronic disease which requires lifelong use of drugs. These drugs have high costs, therefore, there is a need to find economic, efficient, simple, and local solutions. This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral supplementation of cinnamon on glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in patients with type II diabetes. Materials and methods:...