PSYCHOSOCIAL STIMULATION INTERVENTION FOR SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDRE

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Psychosocial stimulation of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

• Registration Number: PACTR201901730324304
• Lead Sponsor: Jimma University

Brief Summary

ot Available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-11-25
• Results First Posted: 2019-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 144

Inclusion Criteria

Children age 6 – 59 months with the diagnosis of SAM fulfilling the inpatient admission criteria based on the national protocol for the management of SAM.
- The mother/ caregiver of the child has a plan to stay in the study area for at least six months after the discharge of her children from the Nutrition Unit
- The mother/ caregiver of the child agrees for the inpatient care of SAM during Phase 2 treatment in the SC
- The mother/ caregiver of the child agrees to present at the Nutrition Unit during the inpatient care

Exclusion Criteria

- Children with the diagnosis of other chronic medical conditions including TB, and HIV/AIDS that could be identified by the health workers during admission or later
- Children with clinically apparent congenital abnormalities, obvious disabilities, mobility problems and sensory impairments (hearing and visual problems) that could affect outcome measurements and those children with twin birth
- Families of children living far from the health included in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Development is the Primary Outcome. The five areas of child development including personal-social, fine motor, language, gross motor, and social-emotional skills will be measured. The first four of the developmental dimensions will be measured using the Denver II-Jimma which is culturally adapted, standardized and translated tool previously used in the Ethiopian context to assess the developmental performance of children age less than six years. The remaining social-emotional dimensions of the child development will be measured using the parent-completed Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE). The tool was adapted and translated for the Ethiopian context and previously used in the number of studies.