Estado nutricional y su asociación con la seguridad alimentaria y lugar de residencia en adultos mayores de la provincia del Azuay, 2019

Abstract

Background: the older adult population continues to increase, their quality of life may be afected bynutritional status, food security and place of residence. General objective: determinate the prevalence of nutritional status of older adults in the Azuay provincial and their association with food security and place of residence, 2019. Methodology: analytical cross-cutting study in 400 older adults (AM) from urban and rural areas of Azuay province. Nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI), mini nutritional assessment (MNA) and abdominal girth; and food security was assessed with the implementation of the "Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA)". The results were analyzed in SPSS version 15, was used: frequencies, percentages, average and standard deviation (DS). Odss Ratio (OR) was used for association with its 95% confidence interval and for statistical significance chⅈ2with its p-value. Results: the average age was 77.17 years with a DS of +7.7; 53% were residents of rural áreas. 59,5% had malnutrition, mainly overwight (30,8%). Had a 35,8% risk of malnutrition and 89% abdominal obesity. There was a relationship between nutritional status according to MNA and food insecurity OR OR: 3,365 (IC 95% 2,175 – 5,206; p = 0,000); and place of residence OR 2,242 (IC 95% de 1,482 – 3,392; p=0,000). Conclusions: most older adults have malnutrition; there is a statistically significant association between the nutritional status assessed by the MNA, the place of residence and the level of food security presented by THE homes of THE AM.