Prevalencia de desnutrición intrahospitalaria asociada con el tiempo de estadía en un grupo de niños y niñas del Hospital Alfonso Villagómez, de la ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

The research tends to determine the inpatient Malnutrition prevalence associated to the childrenʼs stay period at Alfonso Villagòmez Pediatric Hospital from Riobamba. This was a non-experimental transversal research which evaluated 52 patients aged from 0 to 12 years old who exceeded a hospital stay of 24 hours, open medical record, and defined diagnose. The variables studied were: Inpatient malnutrition, socio- demographic variables, quality nutritional care and clinical chracteristics. For the nutritional status diagnose, it was necessary to use the body mass index per age, OMS- 2007 reference patterns and Waterlow criteria. The data were analyzed with the use of Who Anthro and Anthro Plus software. The quality of food and nutritional care offered by the health care unit were analyzed through established standards. The statistical tests applied were: probabilities, measures of central tendency, and dispersion. After the discharge from hospital, it was possible to notice an increase of 1.9% of patients suffering from severe malnutrition according to the body mass index per agee ang a 5.8% of patients suffering from severe malnutrition, these were compensated according to Waterlow criteria. The analysis of the relation between hospital malnutrition prevalence and stay period as a condition of the food care showed a directly proportional correlation.