consumption of iodine during pregnancy

Designing and evaluation of an educational package to provide of adequate iodine status during pregnancy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201602035440N5

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-02-28

Start date

2014-04-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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

Conditions

Iodine status.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: the educational program will last four months, and included two face to face educational sessions using a researcher-designed educational pamphlet in the second and

in addition, 2 follows-up by telephone calls will make between educational sessions. urinary iodine concentration (UIC) and salt iodine content will gather at baseline and 4 months after the intervent

Behavior

Intervention group: the educational program will last four months, and included two face to face educational sessions using a researcher-designed educational pamphlet in the second and the third trime

control group: will receive the education usually via health workers provided in health care centers. urinary iodine concentration (UIC) and salt iodine content will gather at baseline and 4 months a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Being the first trimester of pregnancy, without thyroid diseases and high blood pressure, willing to cooperate. Exclusion criteria: having any thyroid diseases and hypertension during pregnancy and unwilling to cooperate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Attitude. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Practice. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Urinary iodine concentration. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: acid digestion.;Content of salt iodine. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: iodometric titration.	—

Measure

Time frame

Knowledge. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Attitude. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Practice. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Urinary iodine concentration. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: acid digestion.;Content of salt iodine. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 months later. Method of measurement: iodometric titration.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactParisa Amiri

Research Center for Social Determinants of Endocrine Health & Obesity Research Center, Research Inst

amiri@endocrine.ac.ir+98 21 2243 2500

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026