FACTORES DE RIESGOS QUE INCIDEN EN EL ESTADO NUTRICIONAL EN PACIENTES ONCOLÓGICOS DE 1 A 17 AÑOS DE EDAD, DEL HOSPITAL DE SOLCA MANABÍ, 2016

Abstract

The risk factors that affect the nutritional status of the 62 pediatric oncological patients who comprise the ages of 1 to 17 years, who receive treatment at the "Luis Villacreses Colmont" hospital in the city of Portoviejo in the SOLCA Manabí facilities in the 2016, there are many of them that contribute to increasing the chances of a person suffering from an illness, such as cancer. The type of study that was carried out was retrospective, descriptive, not experimental. The information was obtained in the pediatric hospitalization area, making each patient the subjective global assessment. The surveys were based on open and closed questions, in which it was included; name of the patient, age, sex, weight, height, type of treatment they received. For the analysis and statistical results of the study, they were obtained through the SPSS program version 21 in Spanish. The qualitative variables were described with simple frequencies and percentages. The main results indicate that 46.8% of the patients who were in the phase of induction of oncological treatment were cataloged with a normal nutritional status, 21% underweight and 22.6% severely wasted malnutrition, of which their days of hospitalization exceeded 30 days, this being one of the factors that affect the nutritional status of patients. All these data helped us to develop an educational proposal aimed at patients and caregivers