Relación entre estado nutricional y hábitos alimentarios en pacientes pre-quirúrgicos del Hospital Provincial Dr. Verdi Cevallos Balda de Portoviejo.

Abstract

The objective of the present titration work was to describe the relationship between nutritional status and dietary habits in the pre-surgical patients of the Dr. Verdi Cevallos Balda Provincial Hospital in the city of Portoviejo, province of Manabí. A descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study was conducted in 50 patients who had planned a surgical intervention. Variables such as body mass index (BMI), weight loss%, nutritional risk index (NRI) and eating habits were identified, which allowed us to analyze the influence of nutritional status and eating habits on post-surgical recovery. At work it was found that only 38% of patients had normal weight ranges, with obesity predominating in women, while overweight and underweight men; nutritional disorders were more frequent in patients older than 35 years; 23.08% of the women presented a severe weight loss; 79% of female patients with pre-surgical nutritional risk; 42% of men presented delayed post-surgical recovery. Incorrect nutritional habits, with greater predominance in the male sex. It is recommended to prepare a nutritional assessment guide or protocol in pre-surgical patients to promote the nutritional risk index so as to detect malnutrition and reduce morbidity and mortality, hospital stay and post-surgical complications.