Effect of enhanced nutrition education of mothers on post-hospital discharge outcomes of children with severe acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Paediatrics

• Registration Number: PACTR201905790643955
• Lead Sponsor: Partnership in Health Research Training Program

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-04-29
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 213

Inclusion Criteria

All children admitted at Mbagathi County Hospital paediatric ward or directly presenting to the outpatient nutrition clinic at Mbagathi hospital with:
•age between 6 and 59 months
•diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition based on either WHZ score of < 3, and/or MUAC < 115mm and/or with nutritional oedema.
•informed consent by guardian/parent.

Exclusion Criteria

•Presence of severe co-morbidity or major organ disease which itself causes growth impairment (e.g. congenital heart disease, cerebral palsy, malignancies or end organ failure e.g. liver failure).
•Children who will not have a caregiver present during the in-patient period.
•Children whose caregivers do not have access to a mobile phone.
•Children who do not plan to reside within Nairobi for at least 12 weeks after discharge from the hospital.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified