Valoración del patrón sueño, descanso en pacientes con obesidad tipo I, II y III, que acuden al Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo de la ciudad de Guayaquil, periodo : noviembre/2019 a marzo/2020.

Abstract

Obesity is linked to some kind of sleep and rest pattern dysfunction. The present study has as Objective: To evaluate the sleep and rest pattern in patients with obesity I, II and III. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive level survey instrument and Pittsburgh test. Results: In the 150 patients, type III obesity predominated with 36%, the age of the patients; type I corresponds to the age group from 46 to 51 and 52 to 58 years, type II obesity is from 31 to 37 years, in type III obesity is from 38 to 44 years. The female sex is the largest population group with obesity, with a high percentage of cardio-metabolic risk. Diabetes and hypertension are the most prevalent pre-existing diseases. The results of the Pittsburgh test indicated that the highest percentage of patients with obesity I, II and III, deserve attention and treatment. The most prevalent psychological factor was stress. Environmental temperature was the most prevalent factor in altering sleep, as well as excessive coffee intake. Patients do not take medication for sleep. Conclusion: The alteration of the sleeping pattern generates a dysfunction in the circadian rhythm, keeping the patient awake and generating anxiety and as a compensation mechanism the desire to eat, causing the intake of food whose calories will not be eliminated by the body's own inactivity, causing weight gain.