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.