Specific Micronutrient deficiencies In School Going Childre
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/02/017783
- Lead Sponsor
- Glaxo Smith Kline Consumer Healthcare Ltd
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age between 6-16 years.
2. Reside with parents within 5 kilometers of radius from school.
3. Written informed consent from parents or assent of the child to participate in the study has been collected.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Age < 6 years or >16 years.
2. Children with the BMI <12.5%.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prevalence of specific micronutrient deficiencies and assessment of <br/ ><br>other parameters [Hemoglobin (Hb), Ferritin and Lead (Pb)] in <br/ ><br>comparison to their reference ranges.Timepoint: 2 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A) Anthropometric assessment <br/ ><br>B) Cognitive assessment by <br/ ><br>1. General Intelligence (CPM &SPM), <br/ ><br>2. Attention and concentration and Visuo-motor coordination <br/ ><br>(Coding Test MISIC), <br/ ><br>3. Working Memory (Digit span Test, Arithmetic). <br/ ><br>C) Socio-economic status by Kuppuswami scale (2018) <br/ ><br>D) 3 day Dietary intake assessed by 24 hour recall (2 working days <br/ ><br>are Monday and Tuesday and 1 weekend is Sunday). <br/ ><br>E) Prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis, community acquired <br/ ><br>pneumonia , diarrhea, and eczema.Timepoint: 3 months