Prevalencia de malnutrición en pacientes de 6 meses a 15 años de edad internados en el área de pediatría del Hospital del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social de la ciudad de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas durante el periodo octubre 2017- febrero 2018.

Abstract

Through this study, the prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients in the area of pediatrics of the Hospital of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute of the city of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas was determined during the months of October 2017 to February 2018. This project carried out with a non-experimental, cross-sectional design and quantitative approach, we worked with a sample of 67 children who met the inclusion criteria. The state of health was identified through the subjective global assessment survey, the eating habits were known through the application of the semi-quantitative questionnaire of frequency of food consumption and the nutritional status was evaluated through the taking of weight and size by applying the respectiverates recommended by the OMS. The statistical program SPSS 23 was used for the analysis of the information. As a result, it was obtained that the alimentary habits do not influence in the current nutritional status of the investigated ones, since the value of P was > 0.05 and therefore there were no statistically differences significant Periodic monitoring of weight and height during the first years of life is recommended, since it allows us to identify the presence of malnutrition or detect the risk of suffering it at some point in life.