Rice-soy blend with nutrition counselling versus nutrition counselling alone in the management of moderate acute malnutrition in under-fives in Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria.
- Conditions
- Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- PACTR202310531950135
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Rosemary Augustine Umoh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
1.Children aged 6-59 months with MAM (weight-for-height/age between -2 and -3 z scores or MUAC 11.5cm to 12.5cm.
2.Children whose parents/guardians’ consent to their participation and agree to bring the children/wards to the health facility throughout the period of the study.
1. Children with history of chronic illness, identified based on history and careful physical examination (cardiac disease, tuberculosis, liver disease, renal disease, HIV/AIDS, sickle cell diseases).
2. Children with feeding difficulties (gastroesophageal reflux disease, cleft palate).
3. Children with neurological diseases such as cerebral palsy due to associated developmental delays. Cerebral palsy also affects the muscles and movements involved in chewing and swallowing, which impairs the child’s ability to safely consume food necessary to support growth.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br>1. Recovery from MAM<br>2. Time to recovery from MAM
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Suitability of rise-soy blend