Clinical Trial: Mothers Understand And Can do it - Mid Upper Arm Circumference Screening for Malnutrition Performed by Mothers
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Mothers Understand And Can do it - Mid Upper Arm Circumference Screening for Malnutrition Performed by Mothers of Children < 5 Years Old
Brief 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
Detailed Summary: Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and its complications are major causes of death in under 5s in the developing world. A simple, reproducible, scalable way to recognise acute malnutrition and target early intervention would be a huge advance. Can mothers with limited training reliably measure and interpret the results of Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), a measurement performed with a MUAC measuring tape costing $0.06? MUAC contrasts with Z-score (WHZ), which requires both scales and a height gauge, both health worker interventions susceptible to considerable error, sensitive to non-nutritional factors, requiring calculations and growth curves, yet much less accurate in predicting risk of death compared with MUAC.
Sponsor: Alliance for International Medical Action
Current Primary Outcome: inter and intra observer variability [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Original Primary Outcome: inter and intra observer variability [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Current Secondary Outcome:
- inter and intra observer variability [ Time Frame: 2 years ]The difference in millimetres in the MUAC value if measured on the right arm as opposed to the left ('classical method'), in young children
- inter and intra observer variability [ Time Frame: 2 years ]The difference in the MUAC value in millimetres if the mid upper arm position is determined visually as opposed to being measured in the 'classical' fashion
Original Secondary Outcome:
- inter and intra observer variability [ Time Frame: 2 years ]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
- inter and intra observer variability [ Time Frame: 2 years ]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
Information By: Alliance for International Medical Action
Dates:
Date Received: February 12, 2013
Date Started: August 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: December 8, 2013
Last Verified: December 2013