Riesgo nutricional mediante la aplicación de la encuesta “Nutrition Day” en adultos internados en el Hospital General Guasmo Sur de Guayaquil, 2022.

Abstract

Desnutrition is a risk factor that affects clinical outcomes, quality of life, physical function and patient autonomy and increases the risk of morbid mortality. Through the present study, the nutritional risk has been determined by the application of the Nutrition Day survey in adults hospitalized at Guasmo Sur Hospital in Guayaquil. This project was carried out with a non-experimental design, prospective and quantitative approach, working with a sample of 114 hospitalized adults who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. We worked with the readjusted Nutrition Day survey to establish nutritional risk in hospitalized patients. Among the general characteristics of those investigated, it was identified that the highest percentage were male (51,3%), with a hospital stay of more than 30 days, admission was emergency (80,7%), the most frequent reason for admission was pathologies associated with the digestive system (35,1%). Conclusion: The prevalence of desnutrition in hospitalized patients was 36%. This is evidenced by the fact that during the hospital stay food intake decreased, either due to factors of the disease or the stress of being hospitalized.