Status:

COMPLETED

Transition to Scale of Nutrition and Psychosocial Stimulation Program for Malnourished Children

Lead Sponsor:

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Conditions:

Moderate and Severe Undernutrition

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-24 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

We hypothesize that it is feasible to integrate a program of Nutritional Care and Pychosocial Stimulation into the Community Clinics in Bangladesh and thereby improve malnourished children's growth an...

Detailed Description

Over 200 million children \<5 yrs do not reach their full potential due to poor nutrition and inadequate cognitive stimulation. Nutritional Care (NC) alone is insufficient to correct developmental def...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Moderately and Severely malnourished children WAZ\<-2SD
  • Age: 6-24 months
  • Both male and female children
  • Living within 30 minutes walk from the Community Clinic
  • Parents giving consent to participate in the study

Exclusion

  • Severe Acute Malnutrition with complications requiring close monitoring and/or hospitalization
  • Severe clinical pallor
  • Known chronic diseases like epilepsy, cerebral palsy, mental retardation
  • Twin/multiple birth
  • Children with above exclusion criteria or those whose parents do not wish to sign the consent form will not be included in the evaluation sample but if they wish they will receive the stimulation.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 30 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

6400 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02208531

Start Date

February 1 2014

End Date

November 30 2017

Last Update

March 5 2019

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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1212

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