To look for thyroid swelling and related problems in school children in a coastal district of Karnataka.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/12/022510
- Lead Sponsor
- Karnataka State Health Family Welfare Society
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Students in the classes 1st to 7th standard from the selected schools will be enrolled in the study aged 6-12 years.
Exclusion Criteria
A village will be excluded in the study if the total number of children in all the schools of that village had strength of less than 90 children. Also, a school with strength of less than 30 students will be excluded from the sampling frame.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prevalence of goitre among children and its predictors.Timepoint: April 2020
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Median urinary iodine excretion (mcg/dl), urinary iodine/creatinine ratio and iodine concentration (ppm) in salt samples.Timepoint: April 2020