Community Point Distribution of Insecticide Treated Bed Nets

IDinsight

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malaria

Treatments: Other: Community point distribution; Other: Community health worker hang-up visit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02517879

003

Details and patient eligibility

About

All households in three zones in Zambia's Eastern Province were invited to attend a community point distribution of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs). Households were then randomized to different intervals for a community health worker (CHW) hang-up visit.

Full description

Households were asked to attend a community point distribution of ITNs in one of three zones in Zambia's Eastern Province. Households that had been registered to receive ITNs were then randomized to one of five groups that received a CHW visit at different intervals. Group 1 was visited 1-3 days after distribution, group 2 was visited 5-7 days after, group 3 was visited 10-12 days after, group 4 was visited 15-17 days after, and group 5 did not receive a hang-up visit. Groups 1-4 were categorized as having received a hang-up visit and group 5 was categorized as not having received a hang-up visit. All households in all five groups were visited at 7-11 weeks after the distribution and again at 5-6 months after the distribution to assess short- and medium-term ITN retention and usage.

Enrollment: 560 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Household was pre-registered by the National Malaria Control Centre to receive ITNs ahead of the start of study activities.
• Household was located in one of the three study areas of Mukonka, Lukwipa, and Chipeketi in Rufunsa District, Zambia

Exclusion criteria

• Household was not pre-registered to receive ITNs
• Household was not located in one of the three study areas

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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560 participants in 5 patient groups, including a placebo group

Group 1 - 1-3 days

Experimental group

Description:

Community health worker hang-up visit 1-3 days after the community point distribution

Treatment:

Other: Community health worker hang-up visit

Other: Community point distribution

Group 2 - 5-7 days

Experimental group

Description:

Community health worker hang-up visit 5-7 days after the community point distribution

Treatment:

Other: Community health worker hang-up visit

Other: Community point distribution

Group 3 - 10-12 days

Experimental group

Description:

Community health worker hang-up visit 10-12 days after the community point distribution

Treatment:

Other: Community health worker hang-up visit

Other: Community point distribution

Group 4 - 15-17 days

Experimental group

Description:

Community health worker hang-up visit 15-17 days after the community point distribution

Treatment:

Other: Community health worker hang-up visit

Other: Community point distribution

Group 5 - No hang-up visit

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Did not receive any hang-up visit after the community point distribution

Treatment:

Other: Community point distribution