THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USING INSULIN AND SUFFERING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES: A TWO-YEAR STUDY

Introduction: with increase in age and reaching old age, the incidence of some physical and mental disorders is something expected. Progressive loss of cognitive function, usually happening at old age, is known as dementia. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between using insulin and Alzheimer's disease in patients with diabetes: a two-year study. Materials and methods: In this retrospective descriptive-analytical study, all patients admitted to Khatam-al-Anbia Hospital in Shoushtar during 2015-2016 entered the study. The data needed for the study was extracted by studying and reviewing the patients' files during the mentioned years in Khatam-al-Anbia Hospital's archives. In this study, the files of 19995 patients admitted to Khatam-al-Anbia Hospital in Shoushtar were studied. Data were entered into SPSS 16 and analyzed. Results: concerning the relationship between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, the results showed that 42 (3.3%) patients had Alzheimer's disease, whereas 1214 (96.6%) of the patients had no Alzheimer's disease, and no significant relationship was observed between diabetes and Alzheimer's diseases and significant relationship between insulin and suffering Alzheimer's disease(p