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II Health diagnosis of mothers and children of Alagoas State

Not Applicable
Conditions
utritional and metabolic diseasesObesity
C18.654.726.500
Registration Number
RBR-358t6g
Lead Sponsor
niversidade Federal de Alagoas
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Data analysis completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

All the individuals of the maternal and child group (women of reproductive age, pregnant women, mothers, children and adolescents) residing in the selected households.

Exclusion Criteria

women aged over 50; male over 18 years of age

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The variable of interest used to calculate the sample size was Food Insecurity (FI), the prevalence of which was estimated in 34.7%. FI was defined according to the Brazilian scale of food insecurity. According to the sample parameters adopted, and for a 95% confidence interval, 3366 families would be necessary (plus 10% to cover any sample losses), totaling 3720 households to be visited;As defined in the sampling plan, 3720 households were selected for the study; however, 354 (9.5%) of the households were considered missing: 106 (2.8%) houses were closed or empty and there were 248 (6.7%) refusals to participate in the survey. A total of 3366 families were investigated, of which 58.3% had some degree of FI. Among these, 33.1% had mild, 17.9% had moderate, and 7.3% had severe FI.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary outcomes were not expected.
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