Evaluación del estado nutricional y calidad de la dieta en el grupo de diabéticos del Centro Clínico Quirúrgico Ambulatorio Hospital del Día Carlos Elizalde del cantón Cuenca provincia del Azuay, 2013.

Abstract

This is an experimental cross – cutting research which has been applied to the nutritional status and its relationship with the dietary quality of 50 Diabetes Mellitus II patients. The research was carried out in the province of Azuay. The evaluated variables were the following: general characteristics, nutritional status evaluation, and diet quality. The data processing was done with Microsoft Excel and JMP 5.1 programs. The results were as follows: 85, 7% of patients were female and 14, 3% were male of 44 – 74 years of age. 38,8% of all the patients show overweight, 24,4% of them have grade I obesity, 22,4% have grade II , and 2% of them are normal. 58% of the patients have Total Cholesterol high risk, 57% have isolate C- HDL, 74% have high risk C- LDL, and 65% of them have high triglycerides. The diet quality is as follows: there is 48, 9% of low vegetable intake and an unusual consumption of fruit. 16% of the patients eat bakery products, 30% of them drink sugary sodas, 22% eat snacks, and 14% of them eat fast food. Their nutritional habits are as follows: 18% of the patients add extra sugar to any beverage, 57% of them use dressings on their foods, 63% of them peel all their fruits before eating them, and 79% of them eat fruit, occasionally, between meals. There is 4,08% probability to find patients with mix Dyslipidemia that do 30 – 60 minutes of physical exercise against 14,24% probability to find the patients with mix dyslipidemia that do less than 30 minutes every day. It is recommended to implement nutrition service and Hospital.