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Reducing the Frequency of Follow up and Task Sharing in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition: an Evaluation of Monthly Visits and Home-based Surveillance for Access-limited and High-burden Settings
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Standard weekly visits and Monthly visits for Severe Acute Malnutrition. Completed, enrolled 3,945 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study will be conducted as a stratified cluster randomized trial. The unit of randomization will be the outpatient therapeutic feeding center. The 10 health centers will be stratified by size, and centers within a stratum will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of two schedules of treatment: (1) standard weekly visits or (2) monthly visits with support for home-based surveillance.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Distribution of the therapeutic feeding rations, as well as medical and anthropometric surveillance, will take place on a weekly basis at the outpatient therapeutic feeding center according to the random assignment of the site, until discharge
Distribution of the therapeutic feeding rations, as well as medical and anthropometric surveillance, will take place on a monthly basis at the outpatient therapeutic feeding center according to the random assignment of the site, until discharge