Effect of Soaking Complementary Foods Flour on Hemoglobin Concentration, Anthropometric Deficits and Episode of Diarrheal, Cough and Fever Morbidities

NCT05254717 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MWU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 700
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Removing anti nutrient factors using simple cost-effective and sustainable household methods to improve nutritional status of children in communities were plant based complementary foods are the main source of Nutrients is highly recommended. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine effect of soaking complementary foods on hemoglobin, nutritional and health status of children 6-23 months in agrarian community of bale zone.

Conditions

Anemia

Keywords

Complementary feeding; soaking Flours; Undernutrition; Anemia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• children's blood hemoglobin concentration level

  15 days post intervention

• children's Anthropometric deficits; Wasting (low-weight-for-length), stunting (low-Length-for-age) and underweight (low-weight-for-age)

  15 days post intervention

• children's Episode of Diarrheal, cough and fever Morbidities

  15 days post intervention

Study Arms (2)

Interventional arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Following baseline study, the interventional arm assigned to receive counselling intervention on complementary food flour soaking

Other: counselling

control arm

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will be monitored for presence of any other intervention that might have a potential to mask the effect of the current intervention.

Interventions

counselling OTHER

intervention groups will receive counselling on improving quality of complementary feeding by soaking complementary foods flours and basic methods of soaking complementary flours.

Interventional arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Months - 24 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Voluntarily agreed mothers with children aged 6-23 month
• Mothers with children aged 6-23 month who lived at least six months in the selected communities
• Mothers who have no plan to leave the area within 6 months period

You may not qualify if:

• If the child is seriously ill at the time of data collection
• Children with severe anemia hemoglobin level \<= 7mg/dl will be excluded

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Madda walabu university: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jimma University

Jimma, Oromiya, 378, Ethiopia

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Tegegne M, Abate KH, Belechew T. Effect of counselling about complementary food flour soaking on nutritional and health status of children 6-23 months, a quasi-experimental study. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2025 Apr;66:281-289. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.01.038. Epub 2025 Jan 27.

  PMID: 39864523 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anemia; Malnutrition

Interventions

Counseling

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Tefera Proff. Belachew, PHD

  Dean of School of Graduate Studies, Jimma University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 2, 2022
• First Posted: February 24, 2022
• Study Start: November 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2022
• Study Completion: May 15, 2022
• Last Updated: September 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ET (1)