Endocrine Abstracts

Method: One hundred and twenty-five respondents with type 1or type 2 diabetes, of both genders, were recruited from patients attending a private diabetes clinic in Karaj, Iran. They were asked to fill out the psychosocial barriers to self-care Questionnaire designed by Glasgow et al for estimating the frequency of occurrence of both environmental (e.g. time, competing demands, social pressure) and cognitive factors that interfere with diabetes self-management. Demographics and...