Emotional stimulation as a cost-effective addition to emergency food intervention for malnutrition in a low income country

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Severe acute malnutrition

• Registration Number: ISRCTN50930504
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2012-08-31
• Study Start: 2015-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 6 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 432

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age between 6 months and 5 years
2. Severe acute malnutrition defined as 3 SD below WHO published norms of height or forearm skin-fold thickness less than 110mm
3. Pass appetite test
4. Sufficient family involvement to ensure intervention

Exclusion Criteria

1. Serious medical complications requiring referral for inpatient treatment
2. Clinically apparent congenital abnormality
3. Preterm birth (<37 weeks gestation) or birth weight > 2SD below weight/gestation limit

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Body Mass Index (BMI) of infants measured by health extension workers who will record height and weight measurements at weekly intervals for 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Secondary measures will be collected by data collectors at baseline and at 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks until discharge:<br> 1. Ages and Stages Questionnaire<br> 2. General Health Questionnaire<br> 3. Pearlin and Schoolers’ seven-item scale<br> 4. Global Rating Scale<br> 5. Coding Interactive Behaviour Scale<br> 6. Quality of interaction between parent and child (Ainsworth Sensitivity Coding Scale)<br> 7. Parents’ perception of the child (qualitative interview)<br> 8. The Bayley Scales will be administered to a sub-sample of randomly identified cases by a supervisor trained in the assessment of infants<br>