Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants aged <6 months: Improving the evidence underlying new WHO Malnutrition Guidelines

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Malnurishment; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12494235
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Global Health, Save the Children USA

Brief Summary

2019 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29971955 2018 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29760577/ Qualitative results (added 30/11/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2015-11-18
• Study Start: 2017-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1638

Inclusion Criteria

Prevalence survey:
Infants<6 months old.

Prospective cohort study:
Group A:
4-8 weeks old of either sex as ‘severe acute malnourished infant’ who have defined by weight-for-length <-3 z-score and or with presence of bilateral pitting oedema.

Group B:
4-8 weeks old of either sex as not severely acute malnourished infant’ who have weight-for-length =-2 to <2 z-scores and absence of bilateral pitting oedema.

Exclusion Criteria

Prevalence survey:
>6 months old infants.

Prospective Follow-up Study:
Other than the mentioned inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified