Estudio de factibilidad para la inclusión de un servicio de nutrición en una clínica de cirugía plástica de Babahoyo.

Abstract

The general objective of the work was to evaluate the feasibility for the inclusion of a nutrition service in a plastic surgery clinic in Babahoyo. The methodology applied was a quantitative approach with a descriptive scope and a nonexperimental design. The tool for collecting information was the survey. Among the main data obtained, they reflected that the prevalence of obesity and overweight occurs in type 2 diabetes in 20.9% of the participants, where 55.8% have sought professional help to reduce their overweight, 60.7% have undergone some treatment to decrease your excess weight; however, professional assistance was rated by 44.6% as not very satisfied, culminating in a demand for nutrition consultations of 93 patients per month. In the proposal of the service it was possible to highlight that it will be necessary to hire a nutritionist and assistant together with materials and working capital for commercial strategies, it was concluded that the feasibility is adequate when throwing an IRR of 17.9% and a NPV of $2,580.8 and a return on investment in three years and 18 days.