NUTRITIONAL RISK AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COVID-19

Authors

• Danielle Cristina Guimarães da Silva Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia (UFOB) / Doutora em Ciência da Nutrição https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-0853
• Jéssica Oliveira de Jesus Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia (UFOB) / Nutricionista https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9205-7219
• Evellyn Dayana Vitória Rocha Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia (UFOB) / Nutricionista https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1335-5352
• Fabrícia Geralda Ferreira Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Ar / Doutora em Ciência da Nutrição https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9836-4176
• Marcela de Sá Barreto da Cunha Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia (UFOB) / Doutora em Nutrição Humana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1388-033X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/rips.v8i2.19374

Keywords:

COVID-19, Nutritional status, Risk factors, Hospitalization

Abstract

Introduction: a new type of coronavirus causing an outbreak was identified and named COVID-19 by the WHO. Objective: to identify the nutritional risk and associated factors in patients with COVID-19 who received care at a public hospital unit of reference in the Oeste da Bahia region. Method: a retrospective study, based on data contained in the medical records of patients with a positive diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2, during the period from 2020 to 2022. Information was collected on demographic, epidemiological, biochemical and nutritional aspects of the patients. The association between the independent variables and nutritional risk was tested using Poisson regression models. Results: of the 553 patients evaluated, there was a predominance of males and individuals without nutritional risk, the mean age was 52.9 years, and the mean length of stay was 6.2 days. Nutritional risk on admission was inversely associated with serum concentrations of lymphocyte count (0.99, 95%CI, 0.98-0.99) and fasting glucose (0.96, 95%CI, 0.93-0.99) after simultaneous adjustment for age and length of stay. Conclusion: serum lymphocyte concentration and fasting blood glucose were inversely associated with nutritional risk on admission in patients with COVID-19 treated at a public hospital of reference for the disease.

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