Prevalence of Geophagy and Knowledge About Its Health Effects Among Native Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean and South America Healthy Adults Living in France
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- CHU de Reims
- 入组人数
- 101
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Prevalence of geophagia
研究概览
简要总结
Since geophagy is widespread among women from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean, we aimed to determine the frequency of geophagy and the level of knowledge about its health effects among healthy adults originating from these countries and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.
详细描述
Since geophagy is widespread among women from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean, we aimed to determine the frequency of geophagy and the level of knowledge about its health effects among healthy adults originating from these countries and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.
A cross-sectional study was performed in the consultation for travel medicine and international vaccination in Reims University Hospital, France. All adult travellers who were natives of Sub Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean or born in France of parents from these countries were eligible to complete a confidential questionnaire about geophagy, which was defined as eating soil or clay. Descriptive analysis was performed.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 85 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Prevalence of geophagia
时间窗: Day 0
percentage of adults with geophagia
次要结局
- Awareness about iron-deficient anaemia(Day 0)
- Awareness about constipation(Day 0)
- Awareness about soil-transmitted intestinal parasitic infections(Day 0)
- Awareness about intestinal occlusion(Day 0)