A Randomized Comparative Clinical Trial To Evaluate The Effect of Ragi-Rice and Ragi- Wheat Compounds as a Weaning Food on Infants Nutritional and Health Status
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- This Clinical Trial is expected to evaluate the comparative effect of Ragi- Rice and Ragi - Wheat Compounds as a weaning food on nutritional and health status of infants
研究概览
简要总结
Folk medicine is widely available and affordable even in remote areas and generally accessible to most people Child health care being one of the major area in the traditional medicine practice and has been using many traditional preparations as a weaning food One such traditional preparation is making of compound in the form of disc by using the milk extract of Ragi and Wheat later made into a dried disc that can be stored for long time and served with cows milk jaggery and ghee when made into porridge form The techniques enhance the bio availability of micronutrients and by improving overall absorption of nutrients Small effort to reach all these requirements is made in the present study to evaluate the effect of Ragi-Rice compound over Ragi Wheat compound to the infants of age 6 to 9 months as weaning food on infants nutritional and health status
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6.00 Month(s) 至 9.00 Month(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •1.Infants of either gender between the age of 6 months.
- •9 months in whom weaning has not been started yet are included in the study. 2.Clinically stable infants.
排除标准
- •1.Infants having severe Malnutrition like Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM), Marasmus etc.
- •2.Infants with inborn error of metabolism.
- •3.Infants having CNS disorders like Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Congenital diseases.
- •4.Infants with chronic system ailments which requires medications.
结局指标
主要结局
This Clinical Trial is expected to evaluate the comparative effect of Ragi- Rice and Ragi - Wheat Compounds as a weaning food on nutritional and health status of infants
时间窗: This Clinical Trial of Ragi - Rice and Ragi - Wheat Compounds carried out for 2 months will intend to evaluate the comparative effect of both the compounds as weaning food on nutritional and health status of infants
次要结局
- Ragi - Rice Compounds as Weaning Food may be more effective on Infants Nutritional and Health Status when compared to Ragi - Wheat Compounds.(2 Months)
研究者
Dr Manaswitha Jain
Sdm Ayurveda College , Hospital and Research Centre Kuthpady Udupi