Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0020p334 | Diabetes and Cardiovascular | ECE2009

How diabetic children’s families inject them insulin at home

Kouhnavard Marjan , Kohankary Mahin , Razavi Alavieh

Background: Diabetes mellitus type one is a common metabolic disorder among pediatrics. Diabetic children’s families should be able to measure the blood sugar of their children and inject them insulin correctly.Materials & methods: Thirty-six families which had diabetic children were recruited to this study and were asked about the way they were injecting insulin to their children.Results: Forty-eight percent of the client...

ea0016p173 | Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | ECE2008

Anxieties of type one diabetic patients

Koohnavard Marjan , Kohankari Mahin , Razavi Alavieh

Background: Diabetes mellitus type 1 leads to various complications which make diabetic patients anxious. In this study, anxieties of 11 diabetic patients who could take their blood sugar under control were investigated and solutions were suggested and done.Patients and methods: Eleven patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 listed their anxieties and ranked them in matris. The most important anxiety of these patients was blood sugar level changes after e...