Estado nutricional y hábitos alimentarios en pacientes de sexo masculino de la residencia ¨Díaz Granados¨ del Instituto de Neurociencias de la Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, en el periodo de mayo-agosto del 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: The nutritional status of patient’s whit phyquiatrics disorders is affected by a few factors as diet, lifestyle, physical activity and medications. Objectives: Determine the nutritional status and eating habits of male patients at Díaz Granados residence of Instituto de Neurociencias de la Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil. Methods: This study presents a prospective, non-experimental, cross-sectional quantitative approach. The sample of 30 patients was obtained considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria. These patients went into a nutritional evaluation, using indicators like anthropometric measures and nutritional screening tool, the Mini Nutritional Assessment. Their eating habits were analyzed by a 24-hour recall of 4 days plus the respective analysis with a nutritional software Nutrisurvey. Results: The BMI in adult population reflects 40% of a normal weight, 60% in overweight and obesity. The 53.33% of the elderly population is with a severe malnutrition and insufficient weight, which match with the 53.33% that is found in malnutrition through the MNA. In the dietary habits analysis of the 24-hour recall gives us an average of 1892.05 kcal of the 4 days evaluated, the caloric molecule of the food intake resulting from the provided feed service is 43.5% carbohydrates, 18% protein and 38.5 % fat, however, does not record what patients have actually ingested. Conclusion: It was concluded that this population is in a malnutrition and malnutrition risk.