Desnutrición Intrahospitalaria: ELAN-ECUADOR. Hospital Dr. Nicolas Coto Infante Cantón Vinces. Provincia de Los Rios. 2011

Abstract

Hospital Malnutrition: ELAN-ECUADOR. Dr. Nicholas Coto Infante Hospital Canton Vinces. Rivers Province. 2011. This study was performed to determine the prevalence for Hospital Malnutrition, and to identify the patient social and demographic conditions as well the clinical surgical and hospitalization conditions. Data were collected in the month of December 2011. Two surveys were used,the Hospital Nutrition. Survey data collecting on the history and the Subjective Global Assessment Survey. These surveys were performed on patients older than 18 years and those with a hospital stay less than 24 hours. The evidence statistical significance tool was used as the measurement scale. The independent variables were measure on the Chi square, T student and the Anova parameters. The malnutrition results found was 40%. The moderately malnourished was 31% and the severely malnourished 9%. The age and days of hospitalization influenced the nutritional status, while other aspects such as gender, level of social instruction and underlying disease did not influence the nutritional status. The quality of hospital care is 77% considered a regular status. As a conclusion, exist prevalence os malnutrition in internal medicine and infectious in a 40%. It was detected in the hospital Dr. Nicholas Infante Coto Vinces Canton. It is recommended to create a group of nutritional support for the patient from the beginning while the check in process is done. This procedure will provide the tools for the patient assessment, tracking and monitoring. Besides is recommended to perform research in this topic.