Paying for performance and cost effectiveness of strategies to combat anemia in China

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Iron-deficiency anemia; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Iron deficiency anaemia, unspecified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN18605500
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University (USA)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-10-19
• Last Update Posted: 24 April 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 67000

Inclusion Criteria

Male and female fourth and fifth grade elementary school students attending randomly selected public elementary schools in poor rural areas of Northwestern China

Exclusion Criteria

1. Wealthy, urban areas as they are not known to have large nutrition problems
2. Students found to be extremely anaemic - these will be excluded and sent directly to a doctor for treatment
3. Students identified as having thalassaemia

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Haemoglobin concentrations, obtained by finger prick testing using HemoCue 201+ point of-care diagnostics

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Scores on standardized subject tests of math and Chinese. Both subject tests will be administered by a team of enumerators. <br>1.1. The math test is based on questions drawn from a pool of questions that were originally created for The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). <br>1.2. The Chinese test is based on questions originally created for inclusion in the local, curriculum-based examinations.