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Helping caregivers through videos to improve the growth of severely malnourished children.

Effectivenss of audiovisual tool asisted nutritional counselling of primary caregiver on anthropometric indices in Severe acute maltnutrition children A randomised control trial - Nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/02/103666
Enrollment
120
Registered
2026-02-12
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: Z001- Encounter for newborn, infant andchild health examinations

Interventions

Intervention1: Educating mother or caregiver of child with help of videos and pamphlets, charts regarding nutritional care of SAM child by showing them short videos which contains nutritious food reci

Sponsors

LLRM Medical College
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children admitted with SAM being discharge from hospital after stabilization. Children with uncomplicated SAM who are stable and came for OPD basis treatment of some non-severe disease will be enrolled from OPD.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusal to give cosent 2. All those who have complicated SAM with other comorbidities and previous history of known systemic illness, Congenital malformation CHD, Chromosomal abnormalities, neural tube defects etc. developmental delay, cerebral palsy, birth asphyxia, neurologically unstable, syndromic disorders(Down syndrome, turner, Marfan syndrome etc.. cardiac and renal diseases and any other chronic systemic disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To asses effectiveness of nutritional counseling and advices with help of audiovisual tools to caregiver of SAM children by using anthropometric parameters weight, height, MUAC Assessment of rate of weight gain.Timepoint: 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To determine, if there is any difference in number of frequencies of acquiring intercurrent illness in follow up period.Timepoint: 6 Months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Vikas Agarwal

LLRM Medical College

drvikaspaed75@gmail.com9837043964

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026