An evaluation of the health and economic impact of integrated management of childhood illness in Matlab, Bangladesh: a randomised experimental study
ISRCTN | ISRCTN52793850 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN52793850 |
Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 17/05/2007
- Registration date
- 22/06/2007
- Last edited
- 22/05/2019
- 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
Dr Robert Scherpbier
Scientific
Scientific
Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
Geneva-27
CH-1211
Switzerland
Phone | +41 (0)22 791 2693 |
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scherpbierr@who.int |
Study information
Study design | Randomised trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | Not specified |
Study type | Quality of life |
Scientific title | An evaluation of the health and economic impact of integrated management of childhood illness in Matlab, Bangladesh: a randomised experimental study |
Study acronym | MCE-Bangladesh |
Study objectives | Child health interventions delivered as Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) will achieve greater improvements in health status and be more cost-effective than when reliance is placed on similar, but vertically organised health programmes. |
Ethics approval(s) | The Ethical Review Committee (ERC) of ICDDR,B is legally established body for the review research protocols involving humans under a specific Bangladesh law. The ERC has a Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) with the US Government (FWA#00001468). Ethics approval was gained on the 28th August 2006 (the reference number for this protocol from ERC of ICDDR, B is 1999-009). |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Diseases and conditions included in IMCI: nutritional status and major causes of childhood death (including Acute Respiratory Illness [ARI], diarrhoea, and newborn conditions) and child health in general |
Intervention | 1. Facility-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) interventions: started from March 2002 and is still ongoing 2. Community-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) interventions: consists of different subcomponents which were gradually phased in from June 2003 and are still ongoing 3. Health systems support: started from March 2002 and is still ongoing Principal Investigator: Shams El Arifeen ICDDRB GPO Box 128 Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh Tel: +880 (0)2 881 0115 Email: shams@icddrb.org |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | 1. Under-five mortality: baseline measured in 2000, midterm in intervention are in 2005 and end-of-project in 2007 2. Under-five nutritional status: baseline measured in 2000 and end-of-project in 2007 |
Secondary outcome measures | 1. Quality, coverage and utilisation of IMCI services: baseline measured in 2000, and in 2003 and 2005 2. Client satisfaction: measured continuously from June 2003 3. Family and community practices related to IMCI: measured continously from 2002 4. Costs and cost-effectiveness of IMCI implementation: baseline measured in 2000 and end-of-project in 2007 |
Overall study start date | 01/10/1999 |
Completion date | 31/12/2007 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Child |
Upper age limit | 5 Years |
Sex | Not Specified |
Target number of participants | 40000 |
Total final enrolment | 350000 |
Key inclusion criteria | All under-five children and their caretakers who are residents of the study area. |
Key exclusion criteria | Do not meet the criteria above. |
Date of first enrolment | 01/10/1999 |
Date of final enrolment | 31/12/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Bangladesh
- Switzerland
Study participating centre
Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development
Geneva-27
CH-1211
Switzerland
CH-1211
Switzerland
Sponsor information
The Department of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH)/World Health Organization (WHO) (Switzerland)
Research organisation
Research organisation
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
Geneva-27
CH-1211
Switzerland
Website | http://www.who.int/ |
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https://ror.org/01f80g185 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (USA)
Government organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
Government organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
- Alternative name(s)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation, BMGF, B&MGF, GF
- Location
- United States of America
United States Agency for International Development (USA)
Government organisation / National government
Government organisation / National government
- Alternative name(s)
- U.S. Agency for International Development, Agency for International Development, USAID
- Location
- United States of America
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | results | 01/08/2009 | 22/05/2019 | Yes | No |
Editorial Notes
22/05/2019: Publication reference and total final enrolment added.