Status:
COMPLETED
Pneumonia Case Management Practices in Pakistan
Lead Sponsor:
University of Edinburgh
Collaborating Sponsors:
Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Research Network
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Childhood Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-5 years
Brief Summary
Pneumonia in Pakistan continues to be the leading killer of children under five. Although various national and provincial programs have tried to tackle this but they have not been able to achieve the ...
Detailed Description
Despite the availability of standard pneumonia management guidelines and multiple global efforts, pneumonia continues to be the leading killer of children under five, accounting to around 17% of the t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for Disguised Caretakers:
- Caregivers of children under five years of age. These are those individuals who provide direct care to the child. These could either be a mother, father, grandmother or guardian.
- The child under five under that caregiver's household must have symptoms of pneumonia/severe pneumonia
- Caregivers consenting to be a part of the study.
- Exclusion Criteria for Disguised Caretakers:
- • Caregivers of children under five suffering from co-morbidity with pneumonia.
- Inclusion Criteria for Healthcare Professionals under Observation:
- For LHWs:
- Those who have been practicing as LHWs for more than one year as identified by talking to the community.
- Those who belong to the catchment area of the selected study sites
- For BHUs:
- • Functional BHUs with at least one licensed healthcare provider.
- For RHC:
- • Functional RHCs with at least one licensed healthcare provider.
- Public Practitioners:
- Paediatricians working in a government tertiary healthcare facility as a full time employee.
- In case the facility/location does not have specialist paediatricians, then general physicians working full time within that facility.
- Private Practitioners:
- Full time/part time private paediatric practitioners working in either their private clinics or in private hospitals.
- In case the facility/location does not have specialist paediatricians, then general physicians working within that facility.
- Exclusion Criteria for Healthcare Professionals under Observation:
- • BHUs or RHCs run by non -licensed healthcare professionals as there are certain locations whereby due to lack of licensed healthcare professional's facility technicians tend to attend to the patients based on their experience.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03869099
Start Date
May 1 2018
End Date
July 30 2019
Last Update
February 18 2020
Active Locations (1)
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MNCHRN
Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan