Acute Gastroenteritis
Conditions
Keywords
Yogurt Probiotic Bacteria, young Children, Gastroenteritis
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of mothers' application of yogurt probiotic bacteria on relieving their young children's acute gastroenteritis in children had two to five years old. The main hypothesis is children with acute gastroenteritis who receive yogurt probiotic bacteria exhibit less diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration than those who don't.The study subjects were divided into two equal groups (probiotic study group and control group).
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTyogurt with probiotic bacteria
Children in probiotic study group were received 15 mg/kg of market available fresh probiotic yogurt after stopping vomiting every four to six hours for three consecutive days beside to the standard hospital care and the prescribed medication for acute gastroenteritis.
Sponsors
Alexandria University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Years to 5 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* newly admitted children with no or some dehydration and with acute gastroenteritis.
Exclusion criteria
* bloody watery diarrhea
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Skin pinch | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Goes back quickly/ Goes back slowly/ Goes back very slowly |
| Amount of Vomiting | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Small / moderate/ large/ severe |
| Frequency of Vomiting | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | times /day. |
| Consistency of Vomiting | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Soft/ watery/ abnormal constitute |
| Duration of Vomiting | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | /days. |
| General condition of child | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Normal/ Restless, irritable/ Lethargic or unconscious |
| Eye | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Normal/ Sunken eyes/ Very Sunken eyes |
| Thirsty | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Drink normally/ Drinks eagerly, thirsty/ Drinks poorly or unable to drink |
| Experience of diarrhea | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | yes/no |
| Consistency of diarrhea | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Soft/ watery/ abnormal constitute |
| Amount of diarrhea | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Small / moderate/ large/ severe |
| Frequency of diarrhea | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | times /day. |
| Odor of diarrhea | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | No odor/ offensive odor |
| Duration of diarrhea | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | /days. |
| Experience of Vomiting | before intervention, after 1st day of study, after 2nd day of study, and after 3rd day of study. | Yes/ no |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gender/ | before data collection | male, female |
| residence/ | before data collection | urban,rural |
| type of feeding | before data collection | breast feeding, bottle feeding, mixed type, ordinary |
| diagnosis | before data collection | gastroenteritis, bronchitis |
| prescribed medication | before data collection | antiemetics, fluids therapy, antibiotics |
| children's weight | before data collection | /kgs |
| children's age/ | before data collection | year(s) |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed