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

Geophagia Clinical Trial

— Prevalgeophagy  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03948126
• Other study ID #: 2018Ao007
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: May 2019
• Source: CHU de Reims
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 101
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Geophagia

Intervention

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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Damien JOLLY	Reims

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
CHU de Reims

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

References & Publications (1)

Decaudin P, Kanagaratnam L, Kmiec I, Nguyen Y, Migault C, Lebrun D, Hentzien M, Bertin E, Drame M, Bani-Sadr F. Prevalence of geophagy and knowledge about its health effects among native Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean and South America healthy adults living in France. Eat Weight Disord. 2018 Dec 13. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0624-9. [Epub ahead of print] — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of geophagia	percentage of adults with geophagia	Day 0
Secondary	Awareness about iron-deficient anaemia	percentage of awareness about iron-deficient anaemia	Day 0
Secondary	Awareness about soil-transmitted intestinal parasitic infections	percentage of awareness about soil-transmitted intestinal parasitic infections	Day 0
Secondary	Awareness about constipation	percentage of awareness about constipation	Day 0
Secondary	Awareness about intestinal occlusion	percentage of awareness about intestinal occlusion	Day 0