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Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India: New evidence from Bihar

Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India: New evidence from Bihar: an observational study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN13980582
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2015-01-29
Start date
2014-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-07-06

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Conditions

The condition being studied is Severe Acute Malnitrition (SAM) in children between the ages of 6-59 months. Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Severe Acute Malnitrition (SAM)

Interventions

We retrospectively analysed the routinely collected programme data from the CMAM programme, looking at exit outcomes, programme indicators and other challenges facing the implementation of CMAM in thi

Sponsors

Médecins Sans Frontières
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All children with severe acute malnutrition presenting and admitted to the CMAM programme between February 2009 and September 2011.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
We examined anthropometric and socio-demographic admission and exit characteristics, and classified analysis by discharge as cure, default, death or non-responder.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
We examined risk factors for children defaulting from the programme by analysing anthropometric and socio-demographic criteria at the point of entry to the programme to see if there was any association with risk of defaulting from the programme.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactTemmy Sunyoto

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 18, 2026