Factores asociados en la desnutrición crónica en niños menores de 5 años en el Hospital Alfonso Villagómez, mediante la comparación de modelo de regresión y análisis de correspondencia en el periodo 2020-2022

Abstract

This research work proposed to know the factors that are associated with child chronic malnutrition in children under five years of age, with the information provided by the Alfonso Villagómez Hospital in the City of Riobamba, whose information was of great importance for the pertinent analyzes and the application of statistical techniques that allow decision making in this regard in different branches, by using the technique of collecting, organizing, representing, analyzing and interpreting the information, a descriptive analysis of the information was applied, in which it is highlighted that in the month of January children normally go to the hospital to undergo the corresponding check-ups, the majority are usually male, they are normally children who are months old, that is, minors under one year, in a large number of the province of Chimborazo, the dependent variable allowed knowing that on average 25% of patients suffer from chronic malnutrition, despite the fact that their weight and body mass index (BMI) is considered normal, finally it is visualized that the majority of children do not usually have a disability; the logistic regression analysis allowed knowing the model that follows the information, from which it is concluded that it is not a significant technique for the prediction of the information provided, through the multivariate technique of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) it was obtained that the children who suffer from chronic malnutrition are approximately one year old, are mestizos of Ecuadorian nationality and do not have disabilities, in the MCA better results were achieved that allowed meeting the objective, it is important to use these statistical techniques to data collected and with a primary approach to the area of health, because it allows the use of statistical techniques to reach conclusions for improvement, both for the entity and for society.