Relación del estrés percibido y estado nutricional en adolescentes de 14 a 18 años que asisten a la Unidad Educativa Nuevo Mundo, Ambato 2021.

Abstract

The objective of the present work is to determine the relationship between perceived stress and the nutritional state of adolescents who attend the Unidad Educative Nuevo Mundo, Ambato. The method used was cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational, and observational with a quantitative focus on a sample of 188 adolescents between 14 and 18 years of age. Each participant was given a survey over their perceived stress PSS-14 and an anthropometric evaluation measuring their height and weight. According to the general characteristics of the studied population; 51% belonging to the feminine sex showed 29% malnutrition and 49% corresponding to the masculine sex equally showed 29% malnutrition. Of the 29.2% of patients who showed malnutrition, 27.6% have some level of stress in contrast to the 6.9% of adolescents without stress who only showed a 1.6% malnutritional state. The present study didn’t show a significant statistical relationship between the perceived stress and alteration in the nutritional state (p=0,131). Future research that allows for laboratory tests is recommended to check for further ability.