Prevalence of Geophagy and Knowledge About Its Health Effects Among Native Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean and South America Healthy Adults Living in France (Prevalgeophagy)

CHU de Reims

Status: Completed

Conditions: Geophagia

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire about geophagia (knowledge about soil/clay consumption and knowledge of the health effects of geophagy)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03948126

2018Ao007

Details and patient eligibility

About

Since geophagy is widespread among women from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean, we aimed to determine the frequency of geophagy and the level of knowledge about its health effects among healthy adults originating from these countries and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.

Full description

Since geophagy is widespread among women from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean, we aimed to determine the frequency of geophagy and the level of knowledge about its health effects among healthy adults originating from these countries and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.

A cross-sectional study was performed in the consultation for travel medicine and international vaccination in Reims University Hospital, France. All adult travellers who were natives of Sub Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean or born in France of parents from these countries were eligible to complete a confidential questionnaire about geophagy, which was defined as eating soil or clay. Descriptive analysis was performed.

Enrollment: 101 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

inclusion criteria : All adult travellers who were natives of Sub Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean or born in France of parents from these countries

Trial design

101 participants in 1 patient group

travel medicine

Description:

Healthy adults originating from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire about geophagia (knowledge about soil/clay consumption and knowledge of the health effects of geophagy)