EFFECTIVENESS OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON WEIGHT AND HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AT SELECTED HOME FOR THE DISABLED SECUNDERABAD, T.S.

Author Name: Anusha Kommini

Volume/Issue: 03/05

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2022-28472629/UIJIR

Affiliation:

Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, One Beat College of Medical Sciences, BhiraKheri, Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT

A pre-experimental study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of Nutritional supplementation on weight and Hemoglobin levels among adolescent girls with intellectual disability at selected Home for the disabled, Secunderabad, T.S. The conceptual frame work adopted for the study was based on Weidenbach’s helping art of clinical nursing theory. The design adopted for the study was pre-experimental one group pre test – post test design. A tool was developed to collect information from the records available in the home and measurement of weight by weighing machine and hemoglobin estimation was done by Sahli’s Hemoglobinometer. Tool validity was done by experts in the field of Nursing, Nutrition, and Research. The reliability of the tool was found by split half method using Spearman Brown rank Correlation coefficient, r value was 0.999 and the tool was found reliable. Pilot study was conducted on 5 samples with intellectual Disability and the tool was found practicable, feasible, and appropriate. For the main study purposive sampling technique was used to select 50 adolescent girls with intellectual disability and the study was conducted in Home for the disabled Secunderabad. Nutritional supplementation was given daily for period of one month. Before and after intervention assessment of weight and Hemoglobin was done. Analysis and interpretation of data was done with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics. Effectiveness of nutritional supplementation was tested by paired ‘t’ test. Results have shown that the obtained over all mean score of pre intervention weight was 36.16 and haemoglobin was 10.04 and post intervention score of weight was 37.44 hemoglobin level was 11.40. The obtained ‘t’ value of weight was 6.603 and hemoglobin % was 7.746 which was greater than the table ‘t’ value 2.02 at 49 df with 0.05 level of significance which showed that there was a significant improvement in weight and haemoglobin level after nutritional supplementation and indicates that the Nutritional supplementation was effective. Association was found between weight and age and there was no significant association between the post intervention scores and other variables.

Key words: Nutritional Supplementation, adolescent girls, intellectual disability, aemoglobin level