Reassessment of the Nutritional Status in Thai Orphans Living With HIV in a Family Style Community

Reassessment of the Nutritional Status in Thai Orphans Living With HIV in a Family Style Community: 6 Months After Nutrition Care Support by the Thai-Australian Collaboration HIV-Nutrition (TACHIN) Project

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01002612

Acronym

TACHIN003-1

Enrollment

Registered

2009-10-27

Start date

2007-12-31

Completion date

2008-08-31

Last updated

2009-11-09

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Conditions

HIV Infection, HIV Infections

Keywords

Nutritional status, Thai HIV-infected children

Brief summary

To reassess nutritional status of HIV-infected Thai children living in the family style community after receiving nutrition support program for 6 months.

Detailed description

The first assessment indicated that improving dietary intake, either energy or micronutrient intakes, to meet the recommended for HIV-infected children (CLHIV) would be able to improve growth of these children. We implemented the nutrition support program through the two strategies aiming to increase dietary intake for all children to meet the current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations which the recommended energy requirements are increased by10% for asymptomatic CLHIV and increased by 20 to 50% for children who require catch up growth or experiencing opportunistic infections. The nutrition support program composed two strategies. Firstly is providing nutrition education to caregivers and also children. Secondly, revision food menus by caregivers with assisting from the nutritionists of the project. After this program have been implemented for 6 months, reassessment is needed to evaluate the changes of nutritional status and health outcomes in this children aiming to further providing support and applying to other settings.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

4 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Children age 4-15 years old * Confirmed HIV-1 diagnosis * Reside at the community * The guardian must be able and willing to provide written informed consent. Oral consent in the presence of witness is acceptable in the case of illiteracy

Exclusion criteria

* non-HIV infected children * Age 0-3 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Growth parameters (weight and height), blood lipid levels and dietary intakes	6 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Morbidity, CD4, HIV-RNA and satisfaction of caregivers and children	6 months

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results