Treatment and Prevention of Anemia With Ferrous Sulfate Plus Folic Acid in Children in Goiania - Goias, Brazil

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional problem in the world.

The objectives of this study are:

• to evaluate the prevalence of anemia in children from 6 to 24 months of age and the therapeutic and prophylactic response to ferrous sulfate plus folic acid on hemoglobin levels.

• to compare the effect of folic acid supplementation with ferrous sulfate on the linear and weight growth of anemic and non-anemic

Study hypothesis:

• The ferrous sulfate plus folic acid can improve the response on hemoglobin levels.

• The folic acid supplementation with ferrous sulfate have effect on the linear and weight growth of anemic and non-anemic.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Goias
• Collaborators: Federal University of São Paulo; Goiania Municipal Health Department; Ministry of Health, Brazil
• Treatments: Folic Acid; Vitamin B Complex

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• from 6 to 24 months

• born at term

• non-twins

• with parental approval for participation in the study

• attending municipal daycare centers with mor than four children each

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with special needs

• low birth weight (<2.500g)

• with growth-impairing heart diseases

• neurological syndromes

• sickle-cell anemia

• sickle-cell trait

• under treatment for anemia at the time of the first interview or screening performed by the pediatrician

• those no longer attending the daycare center

• the clinical trial excluded children with hemoglobin >=7 amd <=8g/dL.

• For the second objective: incomplete anthropometric surveys