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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2020

Current State of Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Latin America: Challenges and Innovative Solutions to Improve Health Outcomes Across the Continent.

M Larissa Avilés-Santa, Alberto Monroig-Rivera, Alvin Soto-Soto, Nangel M Lindberg

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4 authors.

M Larissa Avilés-SantaDivision of Extramural Scientific Programs, Clinical and Health Services Research at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD, USA. avilessantal@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8130-0026
Alberto Monroig-RiveraPonce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Alvin Soto-SotoPonce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Nangel M LindbergKaiser Permanente Health Research Center, Portland, Oregon, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewLatin America is the scenario of great inequalities where about 32 million human beings live with diabetes. Through this review, we aimed at describing the current state of the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus and completion of selected guidelines of care across Latin America and identify opportunities to advance research that promotes better health outcomes. RECENT

findingsThe prevalence of diabetes mellitus has been consistently increasing across the region, with some variation: higher prevalence in Mexico, Haiti, and Puerto Rico and lower in Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Peru, and Uruguay. Prevalence assessment methods vary, and potentially underestimating the real number of persons with diabetes. Diabetes unawareness varies widely, with up to 50% of persons with diabetes who do not know they may have the disease. Glycemic, blood pressure, and LDL-C control and completion of guidelines to prevent microvascular complications are not consistently assessed across studies, and the achievement of control goals is suboptimal. On the other hand, multiple interventions, point-of-care/rapid assessment tools, and alternative models of health care delivery have been proposed and tested throughout Latin America. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to rise across Latin America, and the number of those with the disease may be underestimated. However, some local governments are embedding more comprehensive diabetes assessments in their local national surveys. Clinicians and public health advocates in the region have proposed and initiated various multi-level interventions to address this enormous challenge in the region.

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Diabetes MellitusBlood GlucoseHumansLatin AmericaOutcome Assessment, Health CarePrevalenceBlood GlucoseControlDiabetes complicationsDiabetes prevalenceDiabetes treatmentHealth careInterventionsLatin America

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PMID33037442
PMCPMC7546937

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