Characterisation and Sociodemographic Determinants of Stunting Among Malaysian Children Aged 6-19 Years

NCT03364426 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: U1111-1203-0963
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 6,759
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Child stunting remains an important global health issue, with 157 million children under five years of age estimated to be stunted in 2014. Until recently, stunting was thought to occur in the first 1000 days of life (between conception and 2 years of life), and was thought to be largely irreversible thereafter. However, emerging research suggests that children can transition between stunted and non stunted status up to 15 years of age, with studies also suggesting potential implications in terms of cognitive status. Despite this, there is little research on stunting and its potential determinants among children of older ages, with most current studies confined to those under five. This study aims to assess the prevalence of stunting and examine potential sociodemographic determinants of stunting (including individual, maternal and household level indices) among older children (aged 6-19 years) in a Malaysian population.

Conditions

Stunting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Child stunting

  Stunting was expressed using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000, and the World Health Organization 2007 references.

  This was a one-time measurement, taken during a survey.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Child height-for-age

  This was a one-time measurement, taken during a survey (as above).

Interventions

No intervention OTHER

No intervention - this is was an observational, cross-sectional study to identify potential risk factors associated with stunting

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study is based on existing observational data collected by the the South East Asia Community Observatory (SEACO), a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) covering approximately 45 000 individuals in Segamat, Malaysia. The HDSS regularly (annually) enumerates all consenting households and individuals within its catchment area, and has also conducted a health survey to date during which basic sociodemographic, lifestyle-related and anthropometric data were collected from individuals aged 6 years and above. Further information on the SEACO HDSS can be found at: https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/46/5/1370/4037470.This study uses cross-sectional data on children aged 6-19 years, collected between 2012-2014.

You may qualify if:

• Age \>= 6 years and \<= 19 years
• Whether or not the potential participant has information on all exposure and outcome variables of interest.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Manjinder Sandhu: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Partap U, Young EH, Allotey P, Soyiri IN, Jahan N, Komahan K, Devarajan N, Sandhu MS, Reidpath DD. HDSS Profile: The South East Asia Community Observatory Health and Demographic Surveillance System (SEACO HDSS). Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 1;46(5):1370-1371g. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx113. No abstract available.

  PMID: 29024948 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• South East Asia Community Observatory website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Growth Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Daniel D Reidpath, PhD

  Monash University Malaysia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Reader in Global Health and Population Sciences, Division of Computational Medicine, Department of Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 30, 2017
• First Posted: December 6, 2017
• Study Start: April 12, 2012
• Primary Completion: September 23, 2014
• Study Completion: September 23, 2014
• Last Updated: December 8, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-12