Abstract :
Objective: To know the sustained weight gain of severe acute malnutrition children during in patient care and during follow-up visits at nutrition rehabilitation centre and to assess the overall performance of Nutrition rehabilitation centre.
Material and Methods:
Setting: Nutrition rehabilitation centre, District hospital, chamarajanagar attached to chamarajanagar institute of medical sciences, chamarajanagar
Design: This is a retrospective study involving the review of existing programme records.
Population: Those children who are admitted to NRC, district hospital chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India, between January 2017 to January 2018 with severe acute malnutrition.
The programme included 2 weeks of in-patient care, and four follow-up visits to the NRC subsequently as follows ; 1st visit at 7 days, 2nd at 14 days, 3rd at 1 month and 4th at 2 months after discharge.
Result: Among total 61 admissions between January 2017 and January 2018, 57 children completed 14 days treatment (93.44%). 4 children were discharged against medical advice and could not complete 14 days treatment and were taken as defaulters (6.55%). 57.8% children reached
Keyword :
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM), NRC (Nutrition rehabilitation centre), Anthropometric measurements, RBSK (Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram)