Alteraciones gastrointestinales en estudiantes del quinto ciclo de la carrera de enfermería en la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The study deals with gastrointestinal alterations in students of the fifth cycle of the nursing career at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University. The objective of the research was to: Determine the predisposing factors in gastrointestinal disorders in students of the fifth cycle of the morning shift of the nursing career at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University. Justification: As future professionals, we have a personal and social commitment to recognize all those aspects that in some way affect the learning process. The presence of diseases predisposed by some habits of life produces absenteeism, unfavorable condition to culminate in a moment the studies. Type of descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study; using the quantitative method; The instrument for data collection was the use of surveys, in which it was obtained that of the 50 people surveyed, 56% belong to the female gender and the remaining 44% to the male gender, among their daily habits 40% of the students referred to ingesting alcohol, 38% stated not to have harmful habits, finally 22% consume tobacco. Conclusions: The selected student body is made up of 56% women and 44% men. 48% of the respondents presented gastritis as a preexisting pathology.