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Item Síndrome de fragilidad en adultos mayores(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermería, 2023-10-13) Paredes Núñez, Cynthia Lissette; López Pérez, Grace PamelaIntroduction: Frailty syndrome is a condition associated with aging with a high incidence in older adults. Objective: To identify the frailty syndrome in older adults from the "Sagrado Corazón de Jesús" nursing home. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study. The total study population was 60 patients, the instrument applied Frailty Tilburg Indicator (TFI) whose usefulness allows to measure the total frailty, as well as each domain of frailty, within which is: physical frailty with 8 items, cognitive frailty with 4 items, and social fragility with 3 items. Results: Physical frailty has a mean of 2 points, a maximum of 8 points with a mean of 6.8 points and σ=1.55. Psychological fragility shows a minimum of 0 points and a maximum of 4 points with a mean of 3.25 points and σ=0.79. Social fragility shows a minimum of 0 points, a maximum of 1 point with a mean of 0.9 points with σ=3.0 points. Conclusions: Frailty is a complex syndrome, which requires a special approach because it is a frequent disorder in the elderly, for which it is essential to carry out a rapid screening through the application of scales, to know the lifestyle, the risk factors, and the motor and mental skills that the elderly have in order to be able to interpret the management that the patient requires.Item Estilos de vida saludables en estudiantes de enfermería(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermería, 2023-09-29) Vizcaino Borja, Maykol Tommy; Bravo Paladines, Edgar AugustoIntroduction: The societal shifts, urban planning and scientific and technological developments have resulted in transformations in the healthy lifestyles of university students. These changes have impacted multiple facets including physical activity, dietary patterns, stress coping mechanisms, alcohol and tobacco consumption, sleep quality, and overall lifestyle choices. Methodology: A quantitative, descriptive there was study done usin g a cross-sectional design, to investigate a targeted population of Ecuadorian public university students who are enrolled in nursing. The survey was administered using the Microsoft Forms platform, employing the EVISAUN version 3 questionnaire, which evaluates healthy lifestyle and overall health in university students. The questionnaire demonstrated a high content validity (Q(10)=0.90, p=0.000). Data processing and analysis were performed using Excel, and the findings were presented using statistical grap hs. Results: The participant’s average age was 21.31 years. Findings showed that 46% of the respondents ceased exercising upon entering university, and only 2% engage in more physical exercise. Only 15% reported no difficulty in falling asleep during the w eek. Academic activities were identified as a source of stress for 69% of the participants. A total of 88% do not consume alcohol or smoke, while 5% frequently consume alcoholic beverages and are at risk. Additionally, 62% have an unhealthy diet, and 33% express excessive salt consumption. Furthermore, 34% have a daily fluid intake of 500 milliliters. Conclusions: It is concluded that nursing students do not have a healthy lifestyle in terms of their eating habitsItem Estilo de vida y riesgo de padecer diabetes mellitus(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermería, 2023-06-08) Tercero Chicaiza, Mishel Pamela; Abril Beltran, Rosario ElizabethDiabetes Mellitus is one of the chronic diseases that cause great impact on the quality of life of people, by decreasing the physical capacity due to the multi-organ complications that it generates, so it is important to maintain a good quality of life, that is why the objective of this essay was; "To determine the lifestyles and risks of diabetes mellitus in the Papahurco community in the Salcedo canton of the province of Cotopaxi", for which a quantitative research of descriptive type was developed, selecting 144 people by probabilistic sampling for finite populations. The information was collected by applying the Findrisk scale, after the descriptive statistical analysis it was determined that 26.4% of the people who made up the sample were between 35 and 44 years of age; 20.1% had a BMI over 30kh/m2 ; 90.3% of the women and 77% of the men had CA above the normal value; 57.6% performed 30 min/day of physical activity; 59% ingested fruits and vegetables daily; 57.6% had direct family or relatives with DM; 50% had high glucose values. Conclusion: in general, the population of the Papahurco community presented a slightly elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.Item Factores de riesgo para enfermedades cardiovasculares en adultos jóvenes(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermería, 2023-06-08) López Panata, Jonathan Alexander; Quishpe Jara, Graciela de las MercedesCardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death (1.9 million annually), which can be prevented with lifestyle modifications. The World Health Organization has defined that in the Americas, they usually affect both sexes equally, with 30% of premature deaths in the poorest quintile. Therefore, the regional strategy aims to reduce mortality figures by 25%. The present study identified cardiovascular risk factors in a population of young adults from the parish of Izamba. A descriptive study was carried out for which the Questionnaire of Risk Factors of the Ministry of Health of Mexico and the International Questionnaire of Physical Activity IPAQ was used, the sample was made up of 30 young members of the EANJ of the name of Jesus of the parish Izamba, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador. The study described the presence of several direct and indirect non-modifiable and modifiable risk factors, as well as other related ones, where the following stand out: Non-modifiable factors (Male Sex, History in first-degree relatives of early cardiovascular disease (arterial hypertension, familial hypercholesterolemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus); among the direct modifiable risk factors (being diagnosed and / or treated for arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia); Indirect modifiable risk factors (obesity and sedentary lifestyle) and other related factors (hormonal, toxic habits, consumption of coffee, cocaine, smoking, psychological factors and metabolic disorders), which makes a nursing intervention strategy necessary for its control.Item Nivel de conocimiento y estilo de vida del adulto mayor con diabetes tipo 2(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermeria, 2023-06-07) Acurio Sarzosa, Andrea Yussara; Simbaña Quishpi, María AuroraObjective: The purpose of this research is to determine the level of knowledge and lifestyle of a group of older adults with Type II Diabetes. Method: For this purpose, a quantitative, descriptive study was carried out using the IMEVID survey to characterize aspects of knowledge and lifestyle of a group of 100 older adults suffering from Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the canton of Pujilí, province of Cotopaxi, who attend the local health center, to whom the surve y was applied. Results: The results showed that according to the IMEVID survey, half of the population of older adults who participated in the study have an unfavorable lifestyle, followed by 48% of participants with an unfavorable lifestyle, and to a lesser extent a favorable lifestyle. This behavior corresponds to inadequate nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, low motivation to learn about the disease and lack of compliance with treatment. Conclusion: It was found that the population of older adults had unfavorable or unfavorable lifestyles, recognizing that in the domains of nutrition, habits and customs there was a negative tendency, which consequently generated a negative coping with diabetes. This result may be associated with a lack of motivation to seek information about the disease and a lack of compliance with medical, behavioral and pharmacological indications.