Desnutrición intrahospitalaria: ELAN - ECUADOR. Hospital General Docente Ambato, provincia de Tungurahua. 2011.

Abstract

The prevalence of malnutrition in hospital and social and demographic determinants of surgical clinical condition, nutritional status and quality of hospital care at the AMBATO PROVINCIAL GENERAL TEACHING was carry out. This study was conducted in December 2001. It was a cross-sectional pilot study with 150 patients hospitalized over 18 years and it had a 24 hour stay. lit was managed on two surveys: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and Nutritional Quality of Care. The prevalence of malnutrition was 46.0%, with 5.3% considered severe malnutrition and 40.7% moderate. The social and economic level is characterized with a higher percentage of patients with a stratum popular low, the 48.6%. The education levels who have completed primary school was 58%. The 90.7% of patients were admitted to the hospital came from the province of Tungurahua. By linking variables found that nutritional status is associated with age p = 0.001, p = food intake <, 0001 confirming the hypothesis. The quality of hospital care was rated as average to a value of 80.0%. In 95.3% of the medical records did not detect the nutritional status. It was concluded that the prevalence of malnutrition in patients is high and it is not recognized, neither appears within the state health programs. Applying the survey VGS is sustainable and easy to apply, so it is recommended to apply for nutritional assessment as part of the patient’s medical record.