Community Based Intervention and Evaluation of the Impact of Social Marketing of a Diarrhea Management Pack

NCT ID: NCT00942812

Last Updated: 2011-08-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

7200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-07-31

Study Completion Date

2010-09-30

Brief Summary

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Diarrhoeal diseases are still the major paediatric health concern worldwide, contributing for 2.5 million annual deaths in children. Although the treatment of diarrhoeal illness as per the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines brings about a considerable decline in the burden of the disease but there is still a lot to be done for this issue. Zinc supplementation along with Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) has emerged as a potent approach to treat diarrhoea. It is believed that the children having zinc deficiency are at high risk of developing infectious diseases which eventually lead to a high burden of mortality.

In order to prevent and effectively manage diarrheal episodes, it is important that water purification tablets, zinc and oral rehydration salt is always available in each household. Though, these products are easily available in the market separately, but are rarely available together in any household. If these products are made available in a single packet, it is likely to be an effective strategy in combating diarrheal diseases in the community.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diarrhea

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

A diarrhea Pack comprising of low osmolality ORS, Zinc, water purification sachets and pictorial chart.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Diarrhea Pack

Intervention Type OTHER

Low osmolality ORS, Zinc tablets, water purification tablets and pictorial chart

Control

Standard Care through National LHW (Lady Health Workers)program

Group Type OTHER

ORS

Intervention Type OTHER

ORS has been supplied to diarrheal cases as standard care through the LHW program at community level

Interventions

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Diarrhea Pack

Low osmolality ORS, Zinc tablets, water purification tablets and pictorial chart

Intervention Type OTHER

ORS

ORS has been supplied to diarrheal cases as standard care through the LHW program at community level

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children under 5 years of age suffering from diarrhea residing in study area and having consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* Failure to provide consent or children having debilitating illness or requiring emergency hospital care.
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

59 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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John Snow, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Aga Khan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Aga Khan University

Locations

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AKU Project Office

Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

Other Identifiers

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1235-Ped/ERC-09

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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