Objetive: To describe illness related knowledge features, mental health, adherence to therapy and quality of life on type 2 diabetes patients from two hospitals from northern Peru. Material and Methods: Cross sectional descriptive study. A cense was made. Descriptive statistics and exploratory analysis were employed. Results: there were 382 diabetes patients: 289 in Lambayeque and 93 in Piura:112 people were interviewed. The mean age was 59.5 +/- 11.6 years, 58% were women, 59% were from Piura, 43.8% only had primary school and 41.5% referred 2 to 4 outpatient evaluations in the last two years; 28.6% reported to have been infected by COVID-19: 35,5% in Lambayeque and 23.8% in Piura; 17.8% had poor knowledge about the disease. About mental health, 91.9% had Depression, 75% Anxiety and 72.8%, both; 50.6% had adequate adherence to therapy. The median of quality of life was 161.5 (IQR=127.1-...

Objetive: Compare the required calories and calories consumed in university students of the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, 2018. The Study. Descriptive, cross-sectional study. A 24-hour reminder was applied to evaluate the amount of kilocalories ingested by students, designed by the National strategy of the Ministry of Health. Findings. 212 students from the schools of Human Medicine, Dentistry, Psychology and Nursing were interviewed; 62.7% were female and 37.3% were male. The average age was: 18.7 years ± 1.55. Of the total students of the Faculty interviewed, in the School of Human Medicine it was found that 31.03% have an excess of calories and 41.37% deficit. In the School of Dentistry, it was found that 77.55% have a calorie deficit, and 10.2% excess. The total average deficit of kilocalories 703,615 Kcal. ± 4.39. Conclusions. The calor...