Desnutrición intrahospitalaria: ELAN - ECUADOR. Hospital Provincial General Docente de Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo,. 2011.

Abstract

It was determinate the hospital malnutrition prevalence in the General Hospital Docent of Riobamba, 2011. The study design was non-experimental and cross-sectional type, with a participation of 150 patients aged 18 years and whose hospital stay was longer than 24 hours in surgery and clinical specialties. For nutritional information two surveys were applied: the Subjective Global Assessment and Hospital Nutrition Survey. The variables identified were: social and demographic characteristics, Subjective Global Assessment, clinical surgical and care quality. The 58.7% of hospitalized patients were malnourished and 41.3% of wellnourished patients. The age of patients ranged between 18 and 88 years old. 58.0% were female and the 91.3% belong to the province of Chimborazo. 54.7% of the patients belonged to a low popular strata, while 44.7% had primary education level. The length of hospital stay of the patients ranged from 1 to 30 days and most patients had no surgical treatment equal to a 56%. The 52.7% of patients received regular nutritional quality of care, because the clinical history of the patients do not report nutritional status, height, weight, income and the determination of albumin. Malnutrition is associated with age, underlying disease, and hospital stay. It is recommend the use of easy and inexpensive tools as the Subjective Global Assessment Survey for early detection of patients malnourished or those who are on risk. This will provide quality nutritional care in the Provincial General Docent Hospital of Riobamba.