Nutrición Hospitalaria (Jun 2012)

Comparación en calidad de vida y estado nutricional entre alumnos de nutrición y dietética y de otras carreras universitarias de la Universidad Santo Tomás de Chile Comparison between the quality of life and nutritional status of nutrition students and those of other university careers at the Santo Thomas University in Chile

  • S. Durán Agüero,
  • G. Bazaez Díaz,
  • K. Figueroa Velásquez,
  • M.R. Berlanga Zúñiga,
  • C. Encina Vega,
  • M.P. Rodríguez Noel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3305/nh.2012.27.3.5746
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 3
pp. 739 – 746

Abstract

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Objetivo: Determinar y comparar la calidad de vida, estado nutricional y auto percepción de imagen corporal entre estudiantes de Nutrición y Dietética (ND) con otras carreras (OC) de la Universidad Santo Tomas (UST), Sede Viña del Mar. Métodos: Se evaluaron 200 estudiantes voluntarios (100 ND y 100 OC) aplicándoles: una encuesta de calidad de vida, evaluación nutricional y encuesta de autopercepción de imagen corporal. Resultados: El grupo ND presentó menor percepción de su calidad de vida, consumo de tabaco y sedentarismo. Mujeres ND presentaron menor IMC y circunferencia de cintura (CC) y hombres ND presentaron menor CC (p Objective: To determine and compare the quality of life, nutritional status, and self-perceived body image between nutrition students and students from other careers from the University Santo Tomás-Viña del Mar. Methods: We evaluated 200 student volunteers (100 nutrition students and 100 students from other careers) with a quality of life survey, a nutritional evaluation, and a survey of body image perception. Results: The group of nutritional students perceived a lower quality of life, consumed less tobacco, and was less sedentary. Women of the nutritional group had a lower BMI and showed a lower hip circumference. Men of the nutritional group also showed a lower hip circumference. The nutritional group consumed more milk, chicken, and fish in their diet. Both groups presented an elevated consumption of alcohol. The concordance between BMI and body image was low, 34% in the nutritional group and 38% in the other careers group (Kappa 0.04 and 0.02). Conclusion: With respect to perception of quality of life, students from other careers perceived a better quality of life, however students from the nutritional group presented better nutritional status and selection of food.

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