Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The objective of our study was to identify maternal and biological factors associated with the use of insulin therapy in patients with GDM.Methods: Retrospective study including 100 pregnant women followed up for gestational diabetes during the year 2021. Information was collected from medical records and supplemented, if necessary, by telephone interviews with the patients.Results: The mean age of the patients was 32.7&...

Introduction: The number of patients with diabetes has been increasing at an alarming pace for the last decade. Sexuality is frequently affected in diabetic patients.The aim of this study was to describe the clinical profile of a group of type 2 diabetic patients suffering of erectile dysfunction (ED).Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study involving a population of 70 type 2 diabetic patients recruited from the day hospital ...

Introduction: Fasting during Ramadan is an obligatory practice for adult Muslims. Although exemptions exist in certain conditions,including diabetes, the majority of diabetic patients fast despite this concession with the risk of complications mainly hypoglycemic accidents. The aim of this study is to establish the relationship between hypoglycemic accidents and drug treatment, therapeutic education, clinical and biological characteristics of tunisian diabetic patients during ...

Introduction: Treatment adherence is fundamental in diabetes control. The aim of our study is to evaluate treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes and to determine its associated factors.Methods: Cross-sectional study enrolling 80 type 2 diabetes patients followed up in the outpatient department of the national institute of nutrition. The Morisky questionnaire was used to evaluate treatment adherence. Age, gender, body mass index (BMI), diabe...

Introduction: Over the past two decades, the development of genetic engineering techniques has led to the emergence of insulin analogue that have the advantage of improving diabetics quality of life compared to human insulin. The aim of our study was to compare the frequency of occurrence of degenerative complications in two groups of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) on human insulin (NPH) and analogue insulin, and thus determine whether or not there are benefits to prescri...

Background and Aim: Patients with type1 and type2 diabetes both have a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors in patients with diabetes.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 140 patients with diabetes. Patients’ demographic characteristics, current treatments, glycemic control, cardiovascular risk factors, diabetes-related complication...

Background and Aim: Diabetes is often associated with other cardiovascular (CV) risk factors wich elevates morbi-mortality in these patients. Primary and secondary CV prevention depends on the control of CV risk factor including low- density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level. The aim of this study was to assess the CV risk level of diabetic patients and to determine the rate of lipid targets achievement.Methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional s...

Introduction: Fasting during Ramadan is an obligatory practice for adultMuslims. Although exemptions exist in certain conditions, including diabetes, the majority ofdiabetic patients fast despite this concession with the risk of complications mainly hypoglycemic accidents.The aim of this study is to establish the relationship between hypoglycemic accidents and drug treatment, therapeutic education, clinical and biological characteristics oftunisian diabe...

Introduction: Ramadan fasting is one of the sacred rites in Islam. Diabetes patients are spared this obligation. However, mostof them insists on fasting.The aim of this study is to assess the clinical and metabolic impact of Ramadan fasting in Tunisia patients with diabetes during Ramadan 2019.Materials and methods: Prospective descriptivestudy carried out during Ramadan 2019 including 86 diabetic patients followed at the Nati...

Introduction: Insulin therapy ( IT) in type 2 diabetes( T2D) is an integral Pharmacologic Approache because of the progressive nature of the disease. Insulin improves glycemic control and reduces the risk of microvascular complications. It’s however associated with weight gain as a side effect which promotes insulinoresistance and cardiovascular morbi–mortality.In this work we evaluated long–term weight gain in insulin–treated pat...