An Investigation of the neuropsychological performance in patients with diabetes type2

this study was aimed at investigating of the neuropsychological performance (memory and concentration) in patients with diabetes type 2. Diabetes Disease has an influence on the Cognitive performance of these patients. The investigation of this affect and the methods of prevention can be valueable to improve the health of elderly people of society. This study was in a series of Discriptive-Analytic and in the group of causal-Comparitive (Ex post Facto) reasearchs. The Statistical society involved all of the patients with Diabtes type 2 that going to center of researchs of glands and metabolism Sedighe Tahere and and all of the personals of the laboratories in Isfahan province in summer 1392. In the form of simple randomly sampling vicinity, a group involved patients with Diabetes type 2 (n=30) had been selected and became similar with the healthy cases(n=31) with regard to age, sex and education. Have been used The Wechsler memory scale and Stroop test. T-TEST and Pierson Corrolation by the help of software spss-19 were used to analyze the data. findings shows that the patients of Diabetes type 2 are different in terms of attention and Concentration (the spent time in Stroop test and executed more omission errors) with healthy cases, also these two groups have significant difference in logical Memory. Other findings shown that there is not any singnificant difference between Blood Sugar and Memory. It can be said that physical diseases can affect the development of disorder in neuropsychological performances of the patients. Diabetes disease can disturb memory and concentration system in the patients. They lose their cogniyive ability on longtime.