Desnutrición Intrahospitalaria: ELAN - ECUADOR. Hospital San Vicente de Paúl. Ibarra. Provincia de Imbabura. 2011.

Abstract

Hospital malnutrition was held at the San Vicente de Paul hospital in the city of Imbabura Ibarra 2011. It was evaluated 150 patients hospitalized in Internal Medicine and Surgery by Subjective Global Assessment survey, which sets the nutritional status of the patient and determine various types as: well nourished, moderately malnourished, or severely malnourished. In addition Social and demographic data, clinical, surgical, hospitalization, and quality of care categorized as Good, Good, Fair and bad was validated. Single variable analysis was used to make the prescription of the study group and to establish the prevalence of determinants and its association with the variable effect. A bi variable analysis also was performed. As a result, it was found that most of the study population who came to this institution came from the city of Ibarra (86%), age between 23 and 63 years old, mainly female (57.3%). The level of their social integration was popular Stratum low (63.3%). The level of schooling is primary (41.3%). 87.3% of patients were well nourished, 12% moderately malnourished and 0.7% severely malnourished. The nutritional quality of care received by the patient is regular with 83.3% and poor by 16.7%. It is concluded that applying the Subjective Global Assessment, a low percentage (12.7%) of patients with malnutrition was found. Also it was found that increasing hospital stay and age increase the risk of malnutrition therefore these variables are associated with nutritional status, and quality of care. It is recommended that health authorities take more importance in the patient´s malnutrition status. Therefore is important to conduct timely nutritional assessment, not only to prevent a patient's condition during their hospital stay, which could be deteriorated, but contributes to a significant saving of resources.