Insulin pen use and diabetes treatment goals: A study from Iran STEPS 2016 survey

Hedyeh Ebrahimi; Farhad Pishgar; Moein Yoosefi; Sedighe Moradi; Nazila Rezaei; Shirin Djalalinia; Mitra Modirian; Niloofar Peykari; Shohreh Naderimagham; Rosa Haghshenas; Saral Rahimi; Hamidreza Jamshidi; Alireza Esteghamati; Bagher Larijani; Farshad Farzadfar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0221462

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Insulin pen use and diabetes treatment goals: A study from Iran STEPS 2016 survey

Hedyeh Ebrahimi,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3647-7356

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Farhad Pishgar,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Moein Yoosefi,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Sedighe Moradi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Nazila Rezaei,

Roles Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Shirin Djalalinia,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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Mitra Modirian,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Niloofar Peykari,

Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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Shohreh Naderimagham,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Rosa Haghshenas,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Saral Rahimi,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Hamidreza Jamshidi,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Alireza Esteghamati,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Bagher Larijani,

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Farshad Farzadfar

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: F-Farzadfar@tums.ac.ir, Farzadfar3@yahoo.com

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8288-4046

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Insulin pen use and diabetes treatment goals: A study from Iran STEPS 2016 survey

Hedyeh Ebrahimi,
Farhad Pishgar,
Moein Yoosefi,
Sedighe Moradi,
Nazila Rezaei,
Shirin Djalalinia,
Mitra Modirian,
Niloofar Peykari,
Shohreh Naderimagham,
Rosa Haghshenas

Published: August 28, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221462

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