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
Active Locations (1)
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1212