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NCT05012592

Reducing Malnutrition and Helminthic Infectious Disease Among Primary School Children by the School Nurses

Completed NA Last updated 6 March 2023
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Health Awareness Program TO Reduce Malnutrition and Helminth Infestation among Primary School children in Malnutrition, Child in 604 participants. Completed in 31 December 2022.

Timeline
17 September 2021
Primary endpoint
30 September 2022
31 December 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsorHiroshima University
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationnon randomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment604
Start date17 September 2021
Primary completion30 September 2022
Estimated completion31 December 2022
Sites1 location across Bangladesh

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Hiroshima University

Who can join

Adults 5 to 12, any sex, with Malnutrition, Child or Intestinal Worms. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Title: Reducing malnutrition and helminthic infectious disease among primary school children by the school nurses: School-based non-randomized study in a developing country Introduction: Globally, malnutrition alone with the infectious disease a widespread problem among primary school (5 to 12 years) children. Infectious diseases such as worm infestations are aggravated with nutritional disorders which most often lead to anemia and several complications. The prevalence of malnutrition and intestinal worm infestation/ helminthic infection is still high and the awareness level of those issues is immensely poor. However, there are limited studies that evaluated the impact of increasing health awareness by the development of the Health Awareness Program for Primary School Children (HAPSC) which is conducted by the experimentally placed school nurse in Bangladesh. Objective: To increase health awareness and knowledge towards reducing malnutrition and intestinal worm infestation by implement and evaluate the impact of the Health Awareness Program for Primary School children (HAPSC) in Bangladesh. Methods: Design: A prospective, open-label, parallel-group (1:1), cluster non-randomization controlled trial (NRCT) Site and sample: School children from four primary schools in the rural areas of North Matlab at Chandpur district at Chittagong division in Bangladesh. Duration: The duration of this study is from August 2021 to March 2024 (32nd months). Outcome variables: Primary: changes in malnutrition among primary school children. Secondary: Evaluate and reduce the prevalence of intestinal worm infestation, increase awareness and knowledge regarding malnutritional and intestinal worm infestation, improvement of health behavior (eating and hygiene), frequency of school absent days, and health-related quality of life. Conclusion: Health education by the health professional in the school setting may be an effective method for improving health behavior, and increasing awareness and knowledge levels about malnutrition and intestinal worm infestation from early childhood.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Effects of school nurse-led health education to reduce malnutrition among primary school children in Bangladesh: Cluster nonrandomized controlled trial.
    Aivey SA, Fukushima Y, Rahman MM, Nahar NS, et al · · 2024 · cited 4× · PMID 38736776 · DOI 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1560_23
  2. Health educational intervention by school nurses to prevent children's helminthic infection in Bangladesh: A cluster non-randomized controlled trial.
    Aivey SA, Rahman MM, Fukushima Y, Ahmed A, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 39811877 · DOI 10.4103/jehp.jehp_2060_23
  3. Assessing the Impact of Health Education on Physical Measurements of Children in Bangladesh: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial.
    Sadia Alam A, Moshiur RM, Ashir A, Hossain HMD, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41098117 · DOI 10.1177/00469580251382037

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