Assessment of the Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women and Optimization of Prenatal Care Services

Pregnancy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assessment of the Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women in Zinder, Niger and Optimization of Prenatal Care Services

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01832688
• Other study ID #: 447971
• Secondary ID: 10-1335-UCALIF
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A national survey in Niger found that women and children are at risk of undernutrition and that many pregnant women don't visit health centers during pregnancy as often as is recommended. The aim is to assess the nutritional and health status of pregnant women in the Zinder region and to understand their knowledge, attitudes and practices related to health and nutrition during pregnancy. In collaboration with the Medical District of Zinder the prenatal care services will be optimized and the programmatic impact on gestational weight gain and anemia prevalence will be assessed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2306
• Est. completion date: September 2015
• Est. primary completion date: September 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women, who have severe illness warranting immediate hospital referral

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pregnancy

Intervention

Other:
• Programmatic prenatal care optimization
To further integrate and improve nutrition-related services and messages in the prenatal care package.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Niger	Helen Keller International	Zinder

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis	Helen Keller International, Micronutrient Initiative

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Niger, 

References & Publications (7)

Begum K, Ouédraogo CT, Wessells KR, Young RR, Faye MT, Wuehler SE, Hess SY. Prevalence of and factors associated with antenatal care seeking and adherence to recommended iron-folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in Zinder, Niger. Matern Child N — View Citation

Hess SY, Ouédraogo CT, Bamba IF, Wessells KR, Keith N, Faye T, Ndiaye B, Doudou M, Nielsen J. Using formative research to promote antenatal care attendance and iron folic acid supplementation in Zinder, Niger. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Apr;14(2):e12525. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12525. Epub 2017 Sep 19. — View Citation

Hess SY, Ouédraogo CT, Young RR, Bamba IF, Stinca S, Zimmermann MB, Wessells KR. Urinary iodine concentration identifies pregnant women as iodine deficient yet school-aged children as iodine sufficient in rural Niger. Public Health Nutr. 2017 May;20(7):11 — View Citation

Ouedraogo CT, Wessells KR, Young RR, Bamba IF, Faye MT, Banda N, Hess SY. The mixed effects of a package of multilevel interventions on the health and care of pregnant women in Zinder, Niger. BMJ Glob Health. 2019 Dec 10;4(6):e001200. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2 — View Citation

Ouédraogo CT, Wessells KR, Young RR, Faye MT, Hess SY. Prevalence and determinants of gestational weight gain among pregnant women in Niger. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Jan;16(1):e12887. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12887. Epub 2019 Sep 30. — View Citation

Wessells KR, Ouédraogo CT, Young RR, Faye MT, Brito A, Hess SY. Micronutrient Status among Pregnant Women in Zinder, Niger and Risk Factors Associated with Deficiency. Nutrients. 2017 Apr 26;9(5). pii: E430. doi: 10.3390/nu9050430. — View Citation

Wessells KR, Young RR, Ferguson EL, Ouédraogo CT, Faye MT, Hess SY. Assessment of Dietary Intake and Nutrient Gaps, and Development of Food-Based Recommendations, among Pregnant and Lactating Women in Zinder, Niger: An Optifood Linear Programming Analysis. Nutrients. 2019 Jan 2;11(1). pii: E72. doi: 10.3390/nu11010072. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of inadequate gestational weight gain		6 months
Primary	Anemia prevalence		6 months
Primary	Access and adherence to prenatal iron and folic acid supplements		6 months
Secondary	Prevalence of inadequate dietary diversity scores		6 months