Growth Chart Parameters, Risk Factors

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Growth Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: good feeding, cleaning

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05841264

Growth chart, Risk factors

Details and patient eligibility

About

comparison between growth chart parameters and different risk factors which can cause abnormal growth chart parameter

Full description

Infant growth is defined as a positive change in body size over a period of time, and it is a sensitive predictor of an individuals' health. An inappropriate growth pattern indicates nutritional disorders, chronic and infectious diseases in infants. Early growth rate is related to adulthood health, such that it is important to develop the concept of appropriate growth for parents, in other to detect children with abnormal growth rates, as soon as possible .Weight and height of preschool children are the most common anthropometric measurements, to investigate a child's growth rate. Weight is the simplest and most reliable anthropometric measurement, and may be used as an indicator of childhood infection. On the other hand, height summarizes various measures of nutritional conditions in the first two decades of a human's life. Many children younger than 5 years in developing countries are exposed to multiple risks, including poverty, malnutrition, poor health, and unstimulating home environments, which detrimentally affect their cognitive, motor, and social-emotional development.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All children attending primary health care units in Assiut governorate aged from one year to five year

Exclusion criteria

• 1. congenital anomalies 2. chronic diseases (D.M , thyroid dysfunction)

Trial design

600 participants in 3 patient groups

children's in urban area

Description:

children's in this have good socioeconomic state, small family number, good hygiene

Treatment:

Behavioral: good feeding, cleaning

children in rural area

Description:

children's in this have bad socioeconomic state, large family number, bad hygiene

Treatment:

Behavioral: good feeding, cleaning

children in semi urban area

Description:

children's in this have bad socioeconomic state, small family number, bad hygiene

Treatment:

Behavioral: good feeding, cleaning