Nutritional aspects in the accident cerebral vascular: a cross-sectional study
International Journal of Development Research
Nutritional aspects in the accident cerebral vascular: a cross-sectional study
Received 25th November, 2017; Received in revised form 23rd December, 2017; Accepted 19th January, 2018; Published online 28th February, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Francisco Valdicélio Ferreira et al., This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Aims: To analyze the nutritional aspects, to characterize the socio-demographic profile, to categorize the types of Cerebral Vascular Accident most common in this population, relating to the life habits, comorbidities and nutritional risk in which the patient is. Methods: Descriptive cross - sectional study of a quantitative exploratory character with patients over 18 years of age diagnosed with stroke admitted to the adult emergency unit of a reference hospital in the northern region of Ceará between August and November / 2016. Data collection was done through a socio-demographic form and the NRS 2002 form (Nutritional Risk Screening). The research findings were analyzed through the Epi Info 3.5.1 program. Research approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA with number 1,771,637. Results: A total of 120 patients were evaluated, the male sex predominated with 73 (60.83%), the most prevalent age was between 71 and 80 years. Regarding schooling, illiteracy predominated with 37 (30.84%), and marital status 65 (54.17%) were married / stable union. According to risk factors, 67 (55.9%) had mild physical activity, 32 (26.7%) reported being smokers and 37 (30.8%) were using alcohol. In relation to chronic diseases 88 (73.3%) were diagnosed with hypertension and 37 (30.8%) with diabetes. Regarding the type of stroke, the ischemic predominated with 95 (79.17%). According to the nutritional aspects, it was noticed that the oral feeding route was more prevalent 84 (70%) and 36 (30%) were dysphagic and enteral feeding, referring to the application of the nutritional screening form 120 (100%) of the patients were at nutritional risk, and weight loss was evident in the last three months, and the intake decreased in the last week to 62 (51.7%). Conclusions: The strong relationship between nutritional status and disease was noted. It was also noted that some of these results do not correspond to the reality of Brazil, making it necessary to create preventive and cost-effective local, regional, and public health policies addressing mainly patients with risk factors to change this reality.
