Introduction : Nowadays, diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases which can cause severe psychotic effects. Thus, determining factors affecting health is of tremendously important for improving psychological health of diabetic patients. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social support and resilience in diabetic patients.

  Methodology : This cross-sectional study was of descriptive-analytical design. A total of 95 diabetic patients were selected by means of census sampling. Connor-Davidson resilience scale and multidimensional scale of perceived social support were applied to obtain data. To analyze the data, in addition to descriptive statistics, inferential statistical analyses including Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test, one-way ANOVA and linear regression analysis were performed using SPSS.

  Results : The findings of this study showed a significant correlation between social support and resilience of diabetic patients (P<0.0001, r=0.54). Among the subscales of social support, social support of family, social support of the most important people in patients’ life and social support from friends had a significant relationship with resilience in diabetic patients (P<0.0001). The linear regression results showed that social support predicts 26 % of variance in resiliency.

  Conclusion : The results indicated that increased social support improves resilience of the diabetic patients which, in turn, aides individuals to encounter their problems .

  Introduction : Complications resulting from diabetes have a large impact on patients’ quality of life and their families and impose significant costs on both the patients and social economy. Marital relationship is affected by chronic diseases. Therefore, affliction with diabetes may also affect family relationships. In this study, we aimed to review the family problems of patients with type II diabetes.

  Materials and Methods : Scientific databases including PubMed, Google Scholar, SID and Iran Medex were searched in order to identify articles published during 1992-2014, using the following keywords: “diabetes patients” and “family problems”. Finally, 40 articles were examined, among which only 22 articles were considered relevant to the purpose of the present study.

  Results : According to the results of this study, family support is effective in controlling the disease in diabetic patients. Also, it helps patients accept the consequences of their condition. This can have positive impacts on family conditions of diabetic patients.

  Conclusion : According to the findings, diabetes is the main cause of reduced family satisfaction in affected couples. In total, family plays an important supporting role in determining the quality of life in these patients.

Introduction: Diabetes is one of the major and real stress in life that is controlled by a Several factors Including the behavioral factors, Mental disorder And reduce stress in patients can Person in self-help and better control of disease, so this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health and Self- Efficacy in diabetic patients.

Methodology: This study is a descriptive correlational study. 100 diabetic patients were selected by Simple random. Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale (CIDS) and General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) were applied to obtain data. To analyze the data, in addition to descriptive statistics, inferential statistical analyses including Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test and linear regression analysis were performed using SPSS.

Results: The findings of this study showed a significant correlation between Self-Efficacy and mental health of diabetic patients (P<0.0001, r= -0.68). The linear regression results showed that mental health predicts 34 % of variance in Self-Efficacy.

Conclusion: The results indicated that increased mental health improves Self-Efficacy of the diabetic patients which, in turn, aides individuals to encounter their problems.

Introduction: Diabetes is regarded as a metabolic disease and one of its characteristics is hyperglycemia, which could lead to fatal complications. One of the criteria for diagnosis and control of diabetes is measuring fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin. In addition, vitamin C can improve glucose tolerance. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of vitamin C on fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in patients with type II diabetes.

Methodology: This controlled clinical trial was conducted on 74 eligible samples, randomly divided into two groups of test and control. Firstly, fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c were measured, followed by the treatment of the test group with vitamin C pills for three months. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 19 using independent and paired t-tests.

Results: Evaluation of the final results revealed a significant decrease in biochemical markers in the control group, compared to the test group. In other words, a significant difference was observed between the study groups after the intervention.

Conclusion: According to the results of this study, vitamin C could reduce fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c in patients with type II diabetes through competition with glucose. This impact of vitamin C could be applied to control the pathogenic mechanism of protein glycation in diabetes after more accurate evaluations in this regard.