Effectiveness of a Community-based Responsive Feeding program

ISRCTN ISRCTN24161700
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN24161700
Secondary identifying numbers ICDDR,B #2006-007
Submission date
20/09/2006
Registration date
13/10/2006
Last edited
16/05/2019
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Frances Aboud
Scientific

Department of Psychology
1205 Dr Penfield Avenue
Montreal
H3A 1B1
Canada

Study information

Study designCluster randomised controlled trial, with villages being the clusters randomly assigned to intervention or control. Mothers are not blind; research assistants are blind.
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Other
Study typeTreatment
Scientific titleEffectiveness of a Community-based Responsive Feeding program
Study acronymCRF
Study objectives1. Mothers in the intervention will show more responsive feeding than the comparison group.
2. Children in the intervention will show more self-feeding, take more mouthfuls of food, and gain more weight (weight for age) than comparison children.
Ethics approval(s)From International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in February 2006.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedMalnutrition
InterventionFive weekly group sessions given by trained village peer educators to mothers and their children using a Manual for Responsive Feeding. Mothers observe a demonstration and then practice the behaviour with their child.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measure1. Mother responsive feeding. Child self-feeding
2. Number of mouthfuls of food taken by child

The time points for measurements are as follows: baseline, 2 weeks post intervention, 4 months post intervention.
Secondary outcome measuresChild's weight, measured at baseline, 2 weeks post intervention, 4 months post intervention.
Overall study start date01/04/2006
Completion date30/11/2006

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupNot Specified
SexNot Specified
Target number of participants200
Total final enrolment202
Key inclusion criteria1. Living in three unions in Gazipur district of Bangladesh
2. Mothers of children 12 to 24 months of age
Key exclusion criteriaChildren too ill or disabled to feed themselves
Date of first enrolment01/04/2006
Date of final enrolment30/11/2006

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Bangladesh
  • Canada

Study participating centre

Department of Psychology
Montreal
H3A 1B1
Canada

Sponsor information

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research (Bangladesh)
Research organisation

Mohakhali (or GPO 128)
Dhaka
1212
Bangladesh

Website http://www.icddrb.org
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/04vsvr128

Funders

Funder type

Government

Department for International Development in Bangladesh (Bangladesh)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/10/2008 16/05/2019 Yes No

Editorial Notes

16/05/2019: Publication reference and total final enrolment added.