[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.

[Validity and reliability of the Argentine version of the PCAT-AE for the evaluation of primary health care].

Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of the version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool for adult users, adapted for Argentina (known as AR-PCAT-AE).

Methods: Two cross-sectional pilot studies were conducted among people over age 17, largely through self-administered questionnaires. Items that were equivalent to the original version of the PCAT and 13 others proposed for the instruments were analyzed.