Impact of Diet and Nutrition on Growth and Development in Young Children
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age1-24
SponsorKhyber Medical University Peshawar
About this trial
The association between nutrition in early life and its long-term health consequences has long been known. However, there is a scarcity of scientific evidence on how nutritional status affects child growth and development in remote, rural agro-pastoral communities with distinct dietary intake habits, geographical location, socio-economic status, and cultures.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Households living in the area from the last two 2 years.
Households having infants or young children ≤ years.
Households planning to reside in the same area for the next 1 year.
Disqualifiers
Children with any co-existent systemic diseases, confirmed from medical records.
Children on continuous medications for any medical issue.
Physically or mentally handicapped children
Trial population
The target population (infants and young children) residing either in rural, agro-pastoral communities or urban clusters will be recruited from the respective communities. A list of potential participants will be obtained from Extended Program on Immunization (EPI) data of available with local health facilities (Basic Health Unit).
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
832 Participants
are grouped into 2 trial groupsGroup A: Group 1
Group B: Group 2
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Impact of dietary intake/patterns on Child growth as assessed by body mass index (BMI)
Child growth will be assessed through changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) from baseline and each year till the child is 5 years of age. The formula is BMI = kg/m2 where kg is a person's weight in kilograms and m2 is their height in metres squared. These data will be categorised further on the basis of the dietary intake patterns of the children as assessed by Infant and Young child feeding practices (IYCF) questionnaire.
Time frame
5 years2
Impact of dietary intake/patterns on Child development
Assessment of child development from baseline and each year till the child is 5 years of age. Child development will be assessed by changes in Head circumference and a validated questionnaire (Extended Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3). The EASQ-3 contains 21 questions, targeting child's Communication, Gross motor, Fine motor, Problem solving and Personal-Social skills, each having a total score of 0-60 and cut-off value at 22.77, 41.84, 30.16, 24.62 and 33.71, respectively. Score below the cut-off value indicates possible developmental delays while score slightly above the cut-off value indicates further learning activities and monitoring.
Time frame
5 years3
Factors associated with child growth as assessed by changes in BMI
The relationship between child growth and socio-demographic characteristics of the parents, household food insecurity, mother dietary intake (minimum dietary diversity score), and childhood trauma (assessed through Childhood Trauma Scale). CTS is a validated questionnaire containing 16 questions on 04 different aspects trauma i.e., Physical Neglect, Physical Abuse, Emotional Neglect and Emotional Abuse. Total score ranges from 0-80 while 0-20 for each section. Each section has four different cut-off values indicating None, Low, Moderate or Severe neglect/abuse.
Time frame
5 years4
Factors associated with child development (based on Head circumference and EASQ-3)
The relationship between child development and socio-demographic characteristics of the parents, household food insecurity, mother dietary intake (minimum dietary diversity score), and childhood trauma (assessed through Childhood Trauma Scale).
Time frame
5 yearsSponsors and contacts
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Khyber Medical University Peshawar
Lead sponsor
University of Chester
Collaborator
University of Glasgow
Collaborator
University of Bern
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov