Desnutrición Intrahospitalaria: ELAN - ECUADOR. Hospital Dr. Rodríguez Zambrano. Manta. Provincia de Manabí. 2011.

Abstract

Hospital Malnutrition: ELAN-ECUADOR. Dr. Rodríguez Zambrano Hospital Manta City. Manabí province.2011.

The prevalence and hospital malnutrition determinants related to social and demographic, clinical, surgical and hospitalization that affect patients coming to this hospital was performed. This study was executed in the month of December 2011. It was used two hospital nutrition surveys, one collecting data from medical records and the second one, the Subjective Global Assessment Survey. It was performed in patients older than 18 years with a hospital stay less than 24 hours. The significant statistical tests used according to the independent variable measurement range were: Chi square, T student, Anova. According to the results a prevalence of malnutrition was observed at 14%, moderately malnourished 14.7% severely malnourished and 71.3%well nourished. The days of hospitalization and underlying diseases influenced the nutritional status, while other aspects as sex, age, education level did not influence on the patient´s nutritional status. Quality of care was considered as regular by 84%. It is concluded that hospital malnutrition in the Hospital Dr. Rodriguez Zambrano Manta City shows very low prevalence. It is recommended that there should be sufficient Dietitians Nutritionists professionals who perform more work in the area of food service management. Also they can cover the clinical area in order to evaluate patients at the time of their entry and hospital discharge.