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Contents ………………………………..…….….………….……1 Abstract………………………………………….…..................... 2 Introduction…………………….…................................................3 Research question and hypotheses..................................................4 Objectives…………………..…...…...........................................…5 Methodology.…………...............................................................…6 Result……………….………………...…………………………...8 Discussion…………………………...............................................14 Conclusion and study limitation ....................................................17
10. References………………..............................................................18 11. Appendix: Questionnaire……………….……………………….…… 20 Consent form…………………………..…………….……21
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EFFECT OF DIABETES MELLITUS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION AMONG SAUDI CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
The aim of this study is to find out effect of diabetes mellitus on cognitive abilities of the Saudi students' and adolescents by comparing their grades with their siblings or friends. This case control study was conducted under the supervision of Department of Family and Community medicine and the Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University during the period Feb Jan 2012 to April 2012. In this study 20 Saudi diabetic students with a same age, gender, school levels. All the students were in the age group between 13-25 years (mean age was 17.96 ± 0.61 years. Data was obtained on a questionnaire spread conveniently and we compared the grades obtained from the diabetic students and these grades were compared to their siblings. In this study we found the students who are diabetics got mean score 86.98± 2.03 compared to their matched normal control students 89.91±2.0 ([P0.2]). In the present study we did not find any association between Diabetes mellitus and decrease the student’s grades. However, the overall mean marks obtained by diabetic students