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Mangrove-sword Bean-food Bar on the Weight and Weight for Age Z Score of Under-five Children

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Nutrition Poor
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: Emergency Food Product
Registration Number
NCT05878886
Lead Sponsor
Indonesia University
Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of the food bar made from api-api mangrove (Avicennia marina) and sword bean (Canavalia ensiformis) blends on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score affected by a landslide disaster.

The main questions aimed to answer are:

* Food bar supplementation can effect the weight and WAZ score of under-five children affected by landslides disaster?

* Balanced nutrition education can increase the mothers' knowledge on the balanced nutrition of under-five children?

Participants divided in to two group i.e.:

* Treatment/intervention group consumed 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.

* Control group consumed 50 g sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.

* Each group received balanced nutrition for mothers once at the first week of study.

Detailed Description

Eligibility Criteria for Under-five children:

* Aged between 12 and 59 months

* Male and female

* Living in Cihanjuang Village of Sumedang District which affected by the landslide disaster

* Had malnutrition, normal, or over-nutrition status, and not suffering from infectious diseases.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
34
Inclusion Criteria
  • Aged between 12 and 59 months
  • Male and female living in Cihanjuang Village of Sumedang District who affected by the landslide disaster
  • Had malnutrition, normal, or over-nutrition status
  • Not suffering from infectious diseases
  • Willing to avoid consumption of any snacks other than the food bars and plain water
Exclusion Criteria
  • Suffered from infectious or chronical diseases

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatment groupEmergency Food ProductTreatment group received 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar during 15 days.
Control groupEmergency Food ProductControl group received 50 g sword bean food bar during 15 days.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effect of mangrove-sword bean-food bar on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score (WAZ) of under-five children affected by landslide disasterTwo weeks

Change of weight measured by digital weighing. Change of Weight for Age Z score measured by using Nutri Survey Software. Mean difference of weight and Weight-for-Age Z score were calculated as the value at two weeks minus the value at baseline.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of mothers' balanced nutrition knowledgeTwo weeks

Knowledge score of mothers of underfive children on the balanced nutrition at pre-post study measured by baseline and end-line questionnaires.

Mean difference of balanced nutrition knowledge of mothers was calculated as the value at two weeks minus the value at baseline.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cihanjuang Village

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Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia

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