Combining treatment, sanitation and health education to control neglected tropical diseases
- Conditions
- eglected tropical diseases (helminths and intestinal protozoa)Infections and InfestationsNeglected tropical diseases (helminths and intestinal protozoa)
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN17030361
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire
- Brief Summary
2018 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29486790/ (added 23/04/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4000
1. Written informed consent by a parent/guardian on behalf of the child younger than 18 years or written informed consent by adult participant
2. Submission of 1 urine and 1 stool sample at baseline
3. Completion of questionnaire by head of household in the community survey at baseline
4. Absence of difficult health condition as assessed by a medical doctor at baseline
1. No written informed consent or no parental/legal guardian’s permission to participate.
2. No complete set of urine and stool sample submitted at baseline
3. No completion of questionnaire by head of household in the community survey at baseline
4. Too sick to participate in the study (e.g. high fever, severe anaemia, severe diarrhoea, etc.)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reinfection rates with soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomes and intestinal protozoa are measured using the Kato-Katz (for soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni), urine filtration (for S. haematobium) and SAF methods, respectively, one year after the baseline survey.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Communities' defecation-related knowledge, attitude, practice and beliefs (KAPB) with regard to sanitation is measured using household questionnaires at baseline and one year.