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Behavioural Intervention

health education for Malnutrition

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Rihua Xie, PhD
Research Sponsored by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
women who were registered by local Maternal Child Health unit during the study period
Be younger than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 300 days
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Study Summary

We plan to integrate WHO educational material using mobile phone text messaging, target on pregnant women in remote rural areas in China. We hypothsized that text messaging can have major impact on reducing maternal and infant deaths in rural China because text messaging is accessible, acceptable, and affordable.

Eligible Conditions
  • Malnutrition
  • Bleeding
  • Infections
  • Complications

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~300 days
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 300 days for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Neonatal death
Secondary outcome measures
Maternal death

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: health educationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
health education via text messaging
Group II: no health educationActive Control1 Intervention
no health education via text messaging

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)OTHER_GOV
1,348 Previous Clinical Trials
26,450,062 Total Patients Enrolled
6 Trials studying Malnutrition
4,550 Patients Enrolled for Malnutrition
Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationOTHER
407 Previous Clinical Trials
22,918,539 Total Patients Enrolled
19 Trials studying Malnutrition
34,445 Patients Enrolled for Malnutrition
Canadian International Development AgencyOTHER_GOV
12 Previous Clinical Trials
894,579 Total Patients Enrolled

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~416 spots leftby May 2025