Responsive Complementary Feeding in Bangladesh

ISRCTN	ISRCTN15000469
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN15000469
Protocol serial number	ICDDR,B #2006-007
Sponsor	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research (Bangladesh)
Funders	Department for International Development in Bangladesh (Bangladesh) (grant no.: 00479), Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Canada) (grant no.: 861-2006-0033)

Submission date: 10/07/2007
Registration date: 04/09/2007
Last edited: 17/05/2019

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

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Cluster randomised controlled trial, with villages being the clusters randomly assigned to intervention or control. Mothers are not blind; research assistants are blind.
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Responsive Complementary Feeding in Bangladesh
Study acronym	CRF
Study objectives	1. 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 than comparison children
Ethics approval(s)	Received from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research Bangladesh ICDDR,B) in February 2006 (ref: #2006-007).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Malnutrition
Intervention	Five weekly group sessions and booster session 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. Group discussions on how to handle feeding problems, such as refusals, without forceful feeding. Control mothers will receive a reminder of their nutrition education on foods to feed.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Mother responsive feeding 2. Child weight, self-feeding, and number of mouthfuls eaten The time points for measurements are as follows: baseline, 2 weeks post intervention, 4 months post intervention.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Foods fed and messages recalled 2. Possibly other maternal feeding behaviours such as non-responsive encouragement and speech The time points for measurements are as follows: baseline, 2 weeks post intervention, 4 months post intervention.
Completion date	30/11/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	200
Total final enrolment	202
Key inclusion criteria	1. Living in three unions in Jaldhaka, in the north of Bangladesh 2. Mothers and their children 8 to 20 months of age 3. Must have started complementary food
Key exclusion criteria	Children too ill or disabled to feed themselves.
Date of first enrolment	01/05/2007
Date of final enrolment	30/11/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Bangladesh
Canada

Study participating centre

Department of Psychology

Montreal
H3A 1B1
Canada

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not 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	17/05/2019	Yes	No

Editorial Notes

17/05/2019: Publication reference and total final enrolment added.