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Clinical Trials/PACTR201905790643955
PACTR201905790643955
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Effect of enhanced nutrition education of mothers on post-hospital discharge outcomes of children with severe acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial

Partnership in Health Research Training Program0 sites213 target enrollmentApril 29, 2019

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Partnership in Health Research Training Program
Enrollment
213
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
April 29, 2019
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Partnership in Health Research Training Program

Eligibility Criteria

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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