Factores de riesgo asociados a los hábitos alimenticios en los internos de enfermería de la cohorte mayo 2023 - abril 2024 en la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

Background: The eating habits adopted by university students are at risk, due to factors such as: increased time spent studying, omission of meals and inadequate food intake, helping us to consider the university population as a vulnerable group. In Ecuador, 94.6% of people >18 years old consume <5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Objectives: Identify the risk factors associated with eating habits in nursing interns of the May 2023-April 2024 Cohort of the University of Cuenca. Methods: A quantitative analytical-cross-sectional study was carried out with a population of 91 nursing interns. We applied the questionnaire validated by Pinos and collaborators “Behaviors and eating habits in primary health care users” where we interpreted according to: Behavior and poor eating habits <25 P; Sufficient eating habits and behaviors 25 to 75p; Healthy eating behaviors and habits >75P. The data in the digital database were coded and analyzed with the SPSS program. The statistical analysis consisted of the presentation of frequencies, percentages and tables. For the association we used inferential chi square statistics and p value <0.05. Results: of the population that participated in the study, we obtained that according to sociodemographic factors, 85.7% are women, single marital status with 94.5%, sufficient eating habits predominate with 98.9%, while Only 1.1% have healthy habits, when establishing the association we found that the sex variable is statistically significant with a p value of p= 0.014, as well as marital status p=0.05.