Análisis de la calidad de sueño como factor determinante del estado nutricional en niños menores de 5 años del Centro de Desarrollo Infantil Quisapincha, cantón Ambato periodo 2021.

Abstract

The quality of sleep in children is of fundamental importance in their growth and development, so the presence of sleep disorders could be associated with changes in nutritional status that will affect it. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 100 children from the Quisapincha Child Development Center, in Ambato, to whom the O. Bruni Scale was applied to assess sleep disorders. The nutritional status is evaluated according to the indicators of body mass index for age, weight for age and height for age. The SPSS version 26 program was extracted for statistical analysis. In the non-parametric variables to search for association, Chi square was obtained, and in parametric variables values of central tendency and dispersion were identified, the ANOVA statistic of one factor was obtained to establish comparison between variables. Of the children evaluated, 55 were male and 45 female, with an age of 2.98±0.55 years. The assessment of nutritional status according to the age body mass index, prolongs the existence of malnutrition in 22% of the population studied, 64% was found in the normal range, 12% overweight and 2% obese. According to the Scale by O. Bruni, 46% presented sleep disorders. There was no statistically significant relationship between the body mass index for age, height-for-age index, weight-for-age index and sleep quality (p > 0.05). Studies should continue to be carried out with a larger population, which integrates other factors of sleep quality.