Prevalencia del deterioro cognitivo y su relación con el consumo alimentario en adultos mayores de las parroquias urbanas y rurales del cantón Cuenca, diciembre 2021 - marzo 2022

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ABSTRACT Background: older adults are a nutritional risk group, as a cause of poor food consumption, alterations in their cognitive function can present alterations in their nutritional status. Objective: to determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment and its relationship with food consumption in older adults in urban and rural parishes in the Canton of Cuenca, December 2021 - March 2022. Methods: cross-sectional analytical study in 238 older adults who answered the Neuropsi test and the ECAAM survey, residents of the Canton of Cuenca, who gave informed consent. The SPSS vs 21 program was used, descriptive statistics were used such as frequency, percentage, measures of central tendency as average, measure of dispersion: standard deviation and for association: prevalence ratio, with 95% CI and for statistical significance chi square with the p-value less than 0.05. Results: The prevalence of cognitive impairment was 28.99% and poor food consumption was 41.18%. The most prevalent group with cognitive impairment were those older than 85 years (57.89%). The prevalence of risk of cognitive impairment due to poor food consumption was 35.71%, however, no relationship was determined between cognitive deterioration and food consumption since the p value using chi square was 0.056 and PR was 0.680 (95 CI % 0.458 – 1.009). Conclusions: The prevalence of cognitive impairment was 28.99% and there was no relationship between cognitive impairment and food consumption, but cognitive impairment was associated with age.