Prevalencia y factores asociados a malnutrición en adultos mayores ingresados en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca – Ecuador, 2013

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition in older adults who were hospitalized in the Clinic Department of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in 2013. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study of 446 hospitalized elderly was performed randomly, their nutritional status was assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Data were tabulated in the SPSS version 20.0 and presented in graphs and tables. For the analysis, the descriptive statistics and measures of central tendency were used, the statistical association was measured with the OR, the confidence interval was 95%, and it was considered statistically significant at p <0.05. RESULTS: The prevalence of malnutrition was 32.06% (CI 28-36), increasing by over 75 years of age with an OR 1.86 (CI: 1.24 - 2.81 p value <0.003), observed as a risk factor not using prosthesis dental OR 1.86 (CI: 1.12 - 2.51 p value <0.012) and difficulty feeding OR 3.44 (CI: 2.19 - 5.42 p value <0.000). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of malnutrition in older adults was 32.06% and it is associated with the not using of dental prosthesis and feeding difficulty as a risk factor. It was observed that the older, there is a greater tendency to malnutrition. KEYWORDS: Aged, malnutrition, risk factors, prevalence, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso