Trial reportClinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)2021
Longitudinal assessments of child growth: A six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized maternal education trial.
Trial report in Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02098031 (Improving the Nutrition Status of 6 to 8 Months Old Children Through Diet Diversification and Better Dietary Intakes in the Kabale and Kisoro Districts in South-Western Uganda), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Improving the Nutrition Status of 6 to 8 Months Old Children Through Diet Diversification and Better Dietary Intakes in the Kabale and Kisoro Districts in South-Western Uganda
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of growth monitoring and promotion on health indicators in children under five years of age in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- New approaches and technical considerations in detecting outlier measurements and trajectories in longitudinal children growth data.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
- The Effect of Parenting Peer Education Interventions for Young Mothers on the Growth and Development of Children under Five.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND &
aimsChild growth impairments are rampant in sub-Saharan Africa. To combat this important health problem, long-term follow-up studies are needed to examine possible benefits and sustainability of various interventions designed to correct inadequate child growth. Our aim was to perform a follow-up study of children aged 60-72 months whose mothers participated in a two-armed cluster-randomized education intervention trial lasting 6 months in rural Uganda when their children were 6-8 months old with data collection at 20-24 and at 36 months. The education focused on nutrition, hygiene, and child stimulation.
methodsWe measured growth using anthropometry converted to z-scores according to WHO guidelines. We also included assessments of body composition using bioimpedance. We used multilevel mixed effect linear regression models with maximum likelihood method, unstructured variance-covariance structure, and the cluster as a random effect component to compare data from the intervention (receiving the education and routine health care) with the control group (receiving only routine health care).
resultsOf the 511 children included in the original trial, data from 166/263 (63%) and 141/248 (57%) of the children in the intervention and control group, respectively, were available for the current follow-up study. We found no significant differences in any anthropometrical z-score between the two study groups at child age of 60-72 months, except that children in the intervention group had lower (P = 0.006) weight-for-height z-score than the controls. There were no significant differences in the trajectories of z-scores or height growth velocity (cm/year) from baseline (start of original trial) to child age of 60-72 months. Neither did we detect any significant difference between the intervention and control group regarding body composition (fat mass, fat free mass, and total body water) at child age 60-72 months. Separate gender analyses had no significant impact on any of the growth or body composition findings.
conclusionIn this long-term study of children participating in a randomized maternal education trial, we found no significant impact of the intervention on anthropometrical z-scores, height growth velocity or body composition.
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