masterThesis
Prevalencia del deterioro cognitivo y su relación con el consumo alimentario en adultos mayores de las parroquias urbanas y rurales del cantón Cuenca, diciembre 2021 - marzo 2022
Fecha
2022-10-26Autor
Dávila Campoverde, Johanna María
Institución
Resumen
ABSTRACT
Background: older adults are a nutritional risk group, as a cause of poor food
consumption, alterations in their cognitive function can present alterations in their
nutritional status.
Objective: to determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment and its
relationship with food consumption in older adults in urban and rural parishes in
the Canton of Cuenca, December 2021 - March 2022.
Methods: cross-sectional analytical study in 238 older adults who answered the
Neuropsi test and the ECAAM survey, residents of the Canton of Cuenca, who
gave informed consent. The SPSS vs 21 program was used, descriptive statistics
were used such as frequency, percentage, measures of central tendency as
average, measure of dispersion: standard deviation and for association:
prevalence ratio, with 95% CI and for statistical significance chi square with the
p-value less than 0.05.
Results: The prevalence of cognitive impairment was 28.99% and poor food
consumption was 41.18%. The most prevalent group with cognitive impairment
were those older than 85 years (57.89%). The prevalence of risk of cognitive
impairment due to poor food consumption was 35.71%, however, no relationship
was determined between cognitive deterioration and food consumption since the
p value using chi square was 0.056 and PR was 0.680 (95 CI % 0.458 – 1.009).
Conclusions: The prevalence of cognitive impairment was 28.99% and there
was no relationship between cognitive impairment and food consumption, but
cognitive impairment was associated with age.