Can nutrition education reduce undernutrition and disease severity in adolescents with sickle cell disease?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Sickle cell diseaseHaematological Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN17054215
- Lead Sponsor
- Carnegie-University of Ghana BANGA Project
- Brief Summary
2023 Interim results article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15343-1 Knowledge and nutrition-related practices among caregivers (added 19/05/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 470
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adolescents aged 10-19 years
2. Confirmed diagnosis of SCD and who are appropriately described to be ‘in a steady state’ (no history of stroke or long-term transfusion therapy for at least 4 weeks before the intervention, no hospitalization or intercurrent illness that required emergency or hospitalization 4 weeks before the study)
3. No other chronic disorder
Exclusion Criteria
Receiving any treatment that has a direct impact on growth e.g. hydroxyurea
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage change in fat-free mass assessed using a bioelectrical impedance analyzer device (Omron (BF511) and the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy instrument, which determines the percentage fat and fat-free mass at baseline and 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method