School Feeding to Improve Cognitive Performance in Disadvantaged Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cognitive Performance
• Interventions: Other: No school meal; Other: School meal plus micronutrient powder; Other: School meal

• Registration Number: NCT05498129
• Lead Sponsor: University of Central Lancashire

Brief Summary

This trial investigated the impact of providing a regular meal with and without additional multiple micronutrients for children in Northwest Pakistan on their performance at school, in comparison to a local government school that served as a control i.e. no school meal.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-07-15
• Study Completion: 2018-12-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-11
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-13
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

• Prep or class 1
• Male/ female

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Exclusion Criteria

• Any contraindicating condition

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
No school meal	No school meal	-
School meal plus micronutrient powder	School meal plus micronutrient powder	-
School meal	School meal	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ravens Colour Matrices test for assessment of Cognitive function	12-months	Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices. Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM) (20)is a widely used nonverbal intelligence test for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. The test comprises 36-items in the form of three sets of 12 items, that increase in difficulty

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Height	Baseline	Stature measured via a stadiometer
Weight for age	Baseline	Weight for age calculated using the WHO calculator based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards.
Mass	Baseline	Body mass using a weighing scale
Mid upper arm circumference	Baseline	Arm circumference
Height for age	Baseline	Height for age calculated using the WHO calculator based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards.
Haemoglobin	12-months	Haemoglobin measured by finger prick blood samples

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jonathan Sinclair; 🇬🇧 Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom