Challenges facing drug utilization research in the Latin American region.

Purpose: The International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) in collaboration with the Latin America Drug Utilization Research Group (LatAm DURG), the Medicines Utilization Research in Africa (MURIA) group, and the Uppsala Monitoring Center, is leading an initiative to understand challenges to drug utilization research (DUR) in the Latin American (LatAm) and African regions with the goal of communicating results and proposing solutions to these challenges in four scientific publications. The purpose of this first manuscript is to identify the main challenges associated with DUR in the LatAm region.

Methods: Drug utilization (DU) researchers in the LatAm region voluntarily participated in multiple discussions, contributed with local data and reviewed successive drafts and the final manuscript.

[Factors associated with quality of life related to health in persons with Diabetes Mellitus of the University Social Work of Cordoba].

The objective of the study was to describe clinical, sociodemographic and habits characteristics in adults with diabetes mellitus and to study their association with health-related quality of life. A sample of 311 patients from the Diabetes Program of a university social work in the province of Córdoba was selected. Data were analyzed for the proportions and physical and mental components of the SF-36® questionnaire.

[Characteristics of diabetes mellitus patients under a chronic disease program].

Unlabelled: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic noncommunicable disease with a prevalence of 9.8% in Argentina. A Chronic Disease Program was developed for monitoring of patients with DM at the Ambulatory Center of DASPU, in National University of Cordoba Argentina.