Prevalencia de alteraciones nutricionales en pacientes con síndrome de ovario poliquístico que asisten al Hospital Santa Inés en el periodo enero – diciembre 2021

Abstract

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most frequent metabolic endocrine disorder in women of childbearing age, with a prevalence of up to 10% in Latin America, which affects the quality of life of women and is associated with metabolic pathologies. and serious cardiovascular diseases, increased subfertility and abnormal pregnancies. (1,2) Objective: To describe the prevalence of nutritional alterations in women with PCOS who attend the Santa Inés Hospital in the period January - December 2021, by the Gynecology and Obstetrics service of Dr. María Isabel Sigüenza. Methodology: The study is based on a descriptive quantitative approach with a non-experimental and cross-sectional design, non-probabilistic sampling will be used. For this research, the total population universe of analysis will be taken into consideration. For the analysis and tabulation of data, the SPSS 26 program will be used. Results: The prevalence of nutritional disorders in women with PCOS is 60.1%. Most of the women who attended the gynecological-obstetric service are in the age group of 25-29 years. There is a significant mean correlation between age and the presence of nutritional alterations in the studied group. Conclusions: The prevalence of nutritional alterations negatively affects the pathophysiology of PCOS and the main alterations have a correlation with the variables age, weight, height and BMI, it is observed that there is a prevalence of 60.1% of overweight and obesity within of the sample.