An Empirical Study of the Nutritional Status of Severe Acute Malnourished (SAM) Children between Pre and Post Admission in Nutrition Rehabilitation Center (NRC)

ABSTRACT

The aim and objective of this research study was to compare the nutritional status of Severe Acute Malnourished (SAM) Children between Pre and Post admission in Nutrition Rehabilitation Center (NRC). The exploratory as well as descriptive research design was used. The nutritional status was checked by four test variables as Weight-kg, Height-cm, MUAC (Mid-Upper Arm Circumference). The sample size of this study was 211. The normality test was performed using One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test. Since the data of four test variable was not normal, hence non-parametric test (Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test) was used for the comparative study between pre and post condition. The findings concluded that there was a difference of the weight, height, MUAC, of the children in pre and post medical treatment in the NRC for the SAM children.