Desnutrición intrahospitalaria: ELAN - ECUADOR. Hospital Provincial Martín Icaza. Babahoyo. Provincia de Los Ríos 2011.

Abstract

Hospital malnutrition,, ELAN - ECUADOR Provincial Hospital "Martin ICAZA" Babahoyo. Los Rios Province. 2011. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hospital malnutrition and its determinants such social and demographic factors, clinical and surgical conditions, hospitalization and quality of nutritional care. The research was conducted from December 2011 to January 2012 on a study non experimental method with cross sectional type based. This study was done on 150 hospitalized patients over 18 years (18-95 years old) in General Surgery services (78) and Internal Medicine (72), two surveys were conducted for each patient: Subjective Global Assessment and Hospital Nutrition based on the medical records. The hospital nutritional status was assessed by the Subjective Global Assessment scale in values from a): well nourished, b): moderately malnourished or suspected of Malnutrition and c): Severely Malnourished. This information was collected based on demographic data, nutritional status, quality of care and clinicalsurgical issues. For the statistical calculation the JMP 5.1 was implemented, obtaining results from probability tests, measurement of central tendency measurement of dispersion, and the application of the Chi square method. According to the results the prevalence of malnutrition was 54.7%: 38.7% of patients moderately malnourished and 16% severely malnourished patients. The qualification rate of the nutritional quality was low. It was concluded that the prevalence of hospital malnutrition in this study was 54.7% almost similar to that found in Latin American Studies Nutrition (ELAN) 50.2%. It is recommended that the National Government through the Ministry of Health prioritize the implementation of a nutritional team with quality skills in the Provincial Hospital "MARTÍN ICAZA".