Factores asociados a la malnutrición en menores de 5 años, Hospital IESS Latacunga. Periodo septiembre 2018-junio 2019

Abstract

The objective of this research was to perform a descriptive, cross-sectional analytical study at the IESS Latacunga Hospital in children under 5 years of age hospitalized in this health house with diagnosis of malnutrition in the period between September 2018 - June 2019. The universe consisted of all patients under 5 years hospitalized in this period and the sample is made up of all those who presented the diagnosis of malnutrition (moderate acute malnutrition, severe acute malnutrition, overweight and obesity). Inclusion criteria such as (patients with a diagnosis of moderate acute malnutrition, severe acute malnutrition, overweight and obesity in children under 5 years of age, who have been hospitalized at the time of study, children of both sexes) and exclusion (patients with diagnosis were used) surgical and previous chronic pathologies). he data processing was performed by calculating the 95% confidence interval for the variables of greatest interest, the Chi-square test with degree of significance of 0,05, all the data found were tabulated in IBM SPSS. The result obtained was a significant association between the risk factors that are ablactation and the marital status of the mother with default malnutrition in children under 5 years. Further follow-up studies are recommended.