CompletedNot Applicable

Mothers Understand And Can do it - Mid Upper Arm Circumference Screening for Malnutrition Performed by Mothers

Niger300 participantsStarted 2011-08

Plain-language summary

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE : To determine whether mothers, given minimal group training, are capable of using a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) bracelet to screen their children for malnutrition and categorise them into one of three groups : 'red' (SAM ; severe acute malnutrition), 'yellow' (MAM ; moderate acute malnutrition) or 'green' (normal nutritional status) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES : To establish whether there is a difference in the MUAC value if measured on the right arm as opposed to the left, in young children To determine whether there is a difference in the MUAC value if the mid upper arm position is determined visually as opposed to being measured in the 'classical' fashion

Who can participate

Age range6 Months – 59 Months

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * children present in the inpatient malnutrition treatment unit and paediatric service of the Mirriah district hospital aged between 6-59 months old * children aged between 6-59 months old in the two villages where the community phase of the study was conducted Exclusion Criteria: * children receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of Mirriah district hospital * children with bilateral oedema * children whose mothers or fathers refused consent to participate in the study

What they're measuring

inter and intra observer variability

Timeframe: 2 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01790815

SponsorAlliance for International Medical Action

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2012-08

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