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Fatemeh Asghari,1 Monir Nobahar1–31Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; 2Nursing Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; 3Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranCorrespondence: Monir NobaharNursing Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranTel +98 2 333 654 190Fax +98 2 333 654 209Email Nobahar43@Semums.ac.irBackground: In general, the majority of diabetic patients suffering from a lack of capability in controlling different aspects of self-care have likely been prone to cardiovascular disease. To reduce the economic burden in societies and the rate of death on one hand, and improve life expectancy, on the other hand, it seems necessary to emphasize self-care training in diabetic patients. The purpose of this study was to determine comparison of self-care in cardiac and non-cardiac diabetic patients.Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was carried out with 136 diabetic participants selected using random sampling and divided into two groups of 68 non-cardiac diabetic patients. Data were collected using a demographic and diabetic patient’s self-management questionnaire (DSMQ). For the analysis of the data, SPSS16 was employed to check the significance test at the level of P |