Valoración nutricional en pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson aplicando la escala Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el período del 1 de marzo del 2019 al 31 julio del 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Parkinson's disease is one of the most common chronic-degenerative diseases , it affects people over 50 years old With an increment in its incidence in the sixth decade of life; This disease is considered as a risk factor for malnutrition, Which implies a proteic, nutritional and energetic unbalance that favors the apparition and raise incomorbidities and the decrease in the quality of life for the patient and the people surrounding him. Methodology: Its an observational, descriptive, transversal and prospective study. its population consisted in 65 with the confirmed diagnosis of Parkinson's disease in Teodoro Maldonado Carbohospital; Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) was used to measure the nutritional status of the researched community. Results: According to the MNA we found out that 21,5% of the patients with EP had a malnutrition status, while 66.2% had some risk of malnutrition, however, according to the BMI we determined that 66,2% had normal weight, 21.5% of the population was overweight, 9.2% had type 1 obesity and 3.1% had type 2 obesity. Conclusion: the highest percentage of patients with EP had normal weight (According to BMI), but still had malnutrition risk (according to the MNA).Fotthat reason we confirm and recommend the effectiveness of the usage of MNA, for assessing the nutritional status of the patients with the disease aforementioned.