Browsing by Author "Espinosa Fajardo, Ana Cristina"

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Factores asociados al sobrepeso y obesidad en el personal del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga de Cuenca en el periodo de noviembre 2022-abril 2023
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2024-03-20) Urgiles Coraizaca, Miriam Mariana; Espinosa Fajardo, Ana Cristina
Background: according to the World Health Organization, obesity has increased globally in the last 30 years. It has also been proven that overweight and obesity claim more lives than being underweight, due to the concomitant pathologies they entail. Objective: determine the factors associated with overweight and obesity in health personnel at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital in Cuenca in the period from November 2022 to April 2023. Methods: a prospective cross-sectional analytical study will be carried out in a universe of 2016 health workers from the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, with a sample of 380 participants, for which a data collection form will be applied based on the study variables, the eating habits questionnaire and the IPAQ form. The data will be processed in the statistical programs Excel and SPSS version 20.0. Results: 65% of the participants were men; 40.5% were young adults between 31 and 40 years old. 55.3% of them had normal weight; However, a significant prevalence of overweight and obesity was found, which was 43.4%. 68.9% of the participating professionals had bad eating habits. 55.5% said they worked 8 hours; 77.1% turned out to be sedentary, 20.3% presented moderate physical activity. An association was found between obesity and overweight with poor eating habits (P = 0.00) both in Chi 2 and in the Mann Whitney U test. Conclusions: It was determined that more than half of the participating professionals had poor eating habits, worked more than 8 hours and were sedentary; An association was found between bad eating habits with obesity and overweight.
Obesidad y COVID 19: una revisión sistemática del impacto en la población adulta de Latinoamérica en el año 2020
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2021-07-28) Llerena Rodas, María Paula; Tapia Sarmiento, Andrea Katherine; Espinosa Fajardo, Ana Cristina
Coronavirus is the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2, first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 2020. Studies indicate that transmission is by direct contact with infected persons. The major release of the virus is through the respiratory tract; this occurs in the first three days following the onset of symptoms (1) (2). Several articles suggest that obesity increases morbidity and mortality from coronavirus. According to pre-pandemic figures in Latin America and the Caribbean, an estimated 262 million adults were overweight and obese (3). Objectives: Describe the relationship between obesity and COVID - 19 in the adult population of Latin America in 2020. Methodology: A systematic review was carried out, applying the search equation, 136 scientific articles were obtained, from which 2 bibliographic references were selected by applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. Articles in English and Spanish were included, available in the databases of PubMed, Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (BVS), Wiley Online Library and ProQuest. The quality of the selected articles was analyzed using the criteria of the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Results: The selected articles describe the relationship between obesity and COVID-19 and how the combination of both pandemics leads the patient to present a state of chronic inflammation producing a severe clinical picture. Conclusions: The present systematic review gives insight into the relationship that exists between obesity and COVID-19, how it impacts on the progression of the disease.
Seguridad alimentaria de los hogares de Piñas en tiempos de COVID 19: una mirada desde la percepción, acceso y consumo, Ecuador 2021
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2024-03-27) Aguirre Suárez, Xiomara Pauleth; López López, Estefani Janneth; Espinosa Fajardo, Ana Cristina
Background: Lifestyle and nutrition have been affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic, several households worldwide over the years have experienced food insecurity (FI), so it is estimated that the COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of households that have difficulty in having and accessing safe food to meet their energy requirements. Therefore, this research seeks to know how the pandemic influenced the food security (FS) of households in the Piñas canton and to open doors for the implementation of strategies to improve the situation found. Objective: To analyze the levels and dimensions of food security in households in the urban and rural areas of Piñas canton 2021. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study. The study was conducted in 140 households in the urban and rural areas of Piñas Canton. For the analysis of the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic in the FS, information was collected through the application of food surveys, socioeconomic level and the Latin American and Caribbean food security survey. Results: There are higher percentages of AI with respect to FS in Piñas canton. Most of the households are at a typical medium socioeconomic level. In addition, a large part of the population has a deficient food consumption. Both urban and rural areas have 32% of FS and 54.2% of AI.