A study regarding quality of life in children with severe malnutrition in the age group 5 to 12 years.
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Severe Acute Malnutrition
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/04/013068
- Lead Sponsor
- ICEF
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 105
Inclusion Criteria
1) children with severe thinness in the age group 5-12 years
2) Age, sex, socio-economic and culturally matched healthy children as controls.
Exclusion Criteria
1) Children with severe thinness who were chronically ill or immunocompromised.
2) Mentally unstable children who were severely thin.
3) Children with oncological and neurological illness.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the functioning of SAM children with respect to physical, emotional, social <br/ ><br>and psychological wellbeing with the help of PedsQL questionnaire.Timepoint: Day 1
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the impact of social and demographic factors on the quality of life in children with severe thinness. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Day 1