Impact evaluation of a psychosocial stimulation intervention on very young children living in urban poverty in India

Early Childhood Development in the slums of Cuttack, Odisha, India

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN89476603

Enrollment

400

Registered

2013-12-10

Start date

2013-11-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-04-27

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Conditions

Early childhood development Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Slum-based intervention to promote early childhood development. 54 clusters in total will be randomised to either the intervention or the control group. 1. Intervention group: 27 clus

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children aged 10-20 months from the 54 slums in Cuttack, Odisha, India 2. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Children outside the 10-20 month age range 2. Mentally or physically disabled children 3. Children born as twins

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Current primary outcome measures as of 25/11/2015: Children’s cognitive, receptive language, expressive language, and fine motor development (assessed using Bayley-III at follow-up). Previous primary outcome measures: Children?'s cognitive, language, motor and socio-emotional development (ASQ-3 test at baseline; Bayley-III at follow-up or DAS-II [TBC])	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Current secondary outcome measures as of 25/11/2015: 1. Quality of the home stimulation environment (as measured by the 'play activities' and 'play materials' subscales of the Family Care Indicators) at baseline in the home; at follow-up in the assessment centre and in the home 2. Maternal time spent on high stimulation activities with children (as measured by time use module in household questionnaire) both at baseline and at follow-up in the home 3. Mother's knowledge of child development (as measured by a subset of selected items from the KIDI instrument) both at baseline and at follow-up in the home Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Children´s height, weight and morbidity (standard WHO methods and definitions -- height and weight will only be collected at baseline) 2. Quality of the home environment: play activities and play materials (FCI instrument -- baseline and follow-up) 3. Maternal depressive symptoms (FCI questions from CES-D -- baseline and follow-up) 4. Maternal and household socio-economic characteristics (household survey -- baseline and follow-up)	—

Measure

Time frame

Current secondary outcome measures as of 25/11/2015: 1. Quality of the home stimulation environment (as measured by the 'play activities' and 'play materials' subscales of the Family Care Indicators) at baseline in the home; at follow-up in the assessment centre and in the home 2. Maternal time spent on high stimulation activities with children (as measured by time use module in household questionnaire) both at baseline and at follow-up in the home 3. Mother's knowledge of child development (as measured by a subset of selected items from the KIDI instrument) both at baseline and at follow-up in the home Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Children´s height, weight and morbidity (standard WHO methods and definitions -- height and weight will only be collected at baseline) 2. Quality of the home environment: play activities and play materials (FCI instrument -- baseline and follow-up) 3. Maternal depressive symptoms (FCI questions from CES-D -- baseline and follow-up) 4. Maternal and household socio-economic characteristics (household survey -- baseline and follow-up)

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Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026