Relationship between perceived social stigma and diabetes self-care activities in Iranian participants with type 1 diabetes.

Purpose: A large percentage of side effects and problems associated with diabetes including social stigma interfere with health promotion behaviors in people with diabetes, minimize their social interactions, and indeed prevent them from asking for help regarding treatments and follow-up care services. Therefore, the present study was to elucidate the relationship between perceived social stigma (PSS) and diabetes self-care (DSC) activities in Iranian participants with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Methods: This correlational study was fulfilled on 135 participants with T1D in the city of Tabriz, Iran, selected through the convenience sampling method.

Association between Outcome of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic, Clinical, Injury-related Variables of Patients.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a main health problem among communities. There exists a variety of effective factors on the outcome of patients with TBI. We describe the demographic, clinical, and injury related variables of the patients with severe TBI, and determine the predictors of outcome.

Quality of life of adolescents and young people arrive at an addiction treatment centers upon their admission, and 1, 4 and 8 months after methadone maintenance therapy.

Background: Drug abuse influences the quality of life significantly. Thus, the present study is designed to compare the quality of life of adolescents and young adults who have voluntarily referred to addiction treatment centers at different time slots of upon admission, and 1, 4, and 8 months after maintenance therapy.

Methods: The present paper is a longitudinal study on 141 of adolescents and young adults who had referred to various addiction treatment centers throughout Isfahan voluntarily.

The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris.

Background: The complicated concept of quality of life (QOL) has been considered as an important criterion for health outcomes in chronic diseases, such as heart disease, in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the QOL of patients with angina pectoris after treatment with enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP).

Materials And Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 64 patients with angina pectoris undergoing EECP who came to Shahid Chamran and Sina Hospitals in Isfahan.

Sexual dysfunctions in patients with diabetes: a study from Iran.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that causes short and long-term complications. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions (SD) among diabetic patients in Iran and to examine whether glycemic control has a role in SD.

Methods: A consecutive sample of diabetic women and men who were registered in the Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Center, Iran were studied.