Mangrove-sword Bean-food Bar on the Weight and Weight for Age Z Score of Under-five Children
- 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
- 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
- Suffered from infectious or chronical diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Treatment group Emergency Food Product Treatment group received 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar during 15 days. Control group Emergency Food Product Control group received 50 g sword bean food bar during 15 days.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effect of mangrove-sword bean-food bar on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score (WAZ) of under-five children affected by landslide disaster Two 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
Name Time Method Change of mothers' balanced nutrition knowledge Two 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
🇮🇩Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia