Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Hand Towels
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 449
- 主要终点
- Number of participants with diarrheal disease
研究概览
简要总结
In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, self-reported fever, and skin infections in children <2 years old.
详细描述
In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections (ARIs), self-reported fever, and skin infections in children <2 years old.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Mother of a child <2 years old
排除标准
- •Inaccessible enumeration area in the rainy season
- •Multiple eligible children in a single compound
- •Moved between census and round 1
研究组 & 干预措施
Comparison
Hand hygiene education.
Intervention
Hand hygiene education and 4 antimicrobial hand towels
干预措施: Antimicrobial Hand Towel (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of participants with diarrheal disease
时间窗: Within 48 hours of enrollment
The number of participants that experience 3 or more loose or watery stools
次要结局
- Number of participants with a subjective fever(Within 48 hours of enrollment)
- Number of participants with respiratory infections(Within 48 hours of enrollment)
- Number of participants with a skin infection(Within 48 hours of enrollment)