Treatment for severe acute malnutrition delivered by community health workers in Mali

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Severe Acute Malnutrition

• Registration Number: ISRCTN33578874
• Lead Sponsor: Innocent Foundation

Brief Summary

2018 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29580238 results 2017 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28378463/ (added 06/10/2022) 2018 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29458382/ (added 06/10/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2017-11-30
• Study Start: 2018-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 934

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 6 to 59 months. Parents are asked to show the surveyors a proof of age, if this is not possible the surveyors use an events calendar to ensure that the age stated by the parents was correct. Height is not used as a proxy indicator for age.
2. Diagnosed with SAM according to any of the following criteria:
2.1. MUAC <115mm
2.2. Bilateral edema
2.3. W/H <-3 z-score
3. Ability of the parents or guardians to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Residence outside the study areas
2. Complications that required treatment in the stabilization center in Kita (URENI)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Performance indicators (cure rate, defaulters and death rate) are measured using the clinical and individual data obtained from ongoing care for the patients through the reporting system and procedures including the children monitoring cards.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Coverage of the interventions is measured using coverage assessment in both areas.