Estado nutricional según antropometría versus mini nutritional assessment a los adultos mayores del Hogar de Ancianos Susana Mancheno de Pinto de la Cruz Roja del canton Otavalo 2015

Abstract

The investigation non experimental of transversal type had as main objective to evaluate the Nutritional Status according Anthropometry versus Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tho elderly people from the Nursing Home Susana Mancheno de Pinto from the Red Cross belonging to the Canton Otavalo. For the evaluation of the nutritional status were used anthropometric biochemical and the MNA parameters. General characteristics, the 63% are femaleand the 37% are male; age between 59 and 98 years, the 53% are single and the 47% are widow, the 10%present obesity, the 24% present underweight, the 20% have high risk and the 50% very high risk with a distribution of fatof type mixed of 57% and Android of 43%, values of choresterol of high risk the 23%, high values of triglycerides 33%, low valuesof HDL colesterol 53%, the 23% of population have Hypoglycemia, the 24% present slight Anemia and the 3% moderated Anemia. In the made study could be proved that through the MNA exists a population with normality of 47% with risk of under nourishment, and with under nourishment a 7%. Meanwhile, by means of a Body Mass Index exists a population with normality of 77% and with a risk of undernourishment a 23%. The Mini Nutritional Assessment in the present study has a sensitivity and a low specificity of 63,79% and 37,10%, however it has a greater sensitivity, in other words it is useful to detect individuals with malnutrition problems.