Iranian Journal of

Background: Diabetes is a common disease and one of the biggest health problems in the country. These patients, in addition to physical problems, also suffered from mental problems which the disorder of body image is one of the most prominent problems. This study compared mental image of patients with type 2 diabetes treated with oral medication and those with insulin.
Methods: This study was conducted in a descriptive-analytic way in 1394. The study population included patients with type II diabetes are treated in diabetes center of Aran and Bidgol in 1394. A sample of 168 people was randomly chosen. Needed data was collected by demographic and multi-dimensional questionnaire using a person's attitude about their body image (MBSRQ) Dry reliable 0.73 and were analyzed with SPSS 22 software by using independent t tests, chi-square and Mann-Whitney and Fisher
Results: Base on the duration of disease, the most common was among patients with oral treatment (82.1 percent) and treated with insulin (58.3 per cent) of less than 10 years. Average rating of orientation to fit oral treatment was for patients with 41.79 and 40.15 for insulin therapy, in health assessment section for patients with 17.58 oral treatment and 16.71 for insulin. State of disease trends was in 63/1 percent of patients with moderate oral treatment and 46.4 percent with severe insulin treatment. Independent t test results showed a significant difference between the scores of two patients in the above sections (P<0.05) but significant differences in other aspects of mental image between the two groups was observed.
Conclusion: Generally, average mental image in patients treated with oral medication was not more than patients treated with insulin. Because one of the negative effects of diabetes on patients is psychiatric disorder, therefore, to improve the mental state of these patients and improve health and to control disease in these patients, research findings is expected to be the use.