Specialist health visitor intervention for failure to thrive

Completed

• Conditions: Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Other nutritional, metabolic and endocrine disease; Lack of expected normal physiological development

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81276508
• Lead Sponsor: HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Children referred to a failure to thrive clinic - aged 4-30 months and weight below third centile, or deceleration in weight gain over two centile channels

Exclusion Criteria

1. Chronic illness affecting growth
2. Parents non-english speakers

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Growth<br>2. Eating difficulties<br>3. Diet<br>4. Health service utilitilization including hospital admission<br>5. Maternal mental health

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration