Effect of nutritional counselling of mothers on the feeding practices of their infants
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- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/06/069571
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Mother and child dyads where the child aged 3-5 months is enrolled in Anganwadi.
2.Resident of Nand Nagri for at least past 6 months, not planning to shift for at least the duration of the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Mothers who have already started complementary feeding this child.
2. Children with any congenital anomaly and/or feeding difficulty.
Mothers with significant language barrier making counselling difficult.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To assess the effect of nutritional counselling on quality and quantity of complementary feeding of infants using minimum diet diversity (MDD), minimum meal frequency (MMF) and minimum acceptable diet (MAD) by comparing the intervention group with the control group. <br/ ><br>2.To assess the effect of nutritional counselling on the consumption of unhealthy foods and sweetened beverages. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: When the children attain 9 months of age
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the difference (if any) in adoption of various responsive feeding methods as a result of nutritional counselling between the two groups.Timepoint: When the children attain 9 months of age.;To assess the difference (if any) in the time of initiation of complementary feeding in the intervention and control groups of the study as a result of nutritional counselling.Timepoint: When the children attain 9 months of age.;To study the association of socio-demographic profile of the mother and the family with the complementary feeding practicesTimepoint: Towards the end of the study