Effectiveness of community-based treatment programs for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children aged 6–59 months using locally produced nutrient dense foods: protocol for a multicentric longitudinal quasi-experimental study

Table 2 Overview of all measurements that will be taken from children

Parameters	Method	Admission/ Baseline	6th Week	12th/16thweek/Exit/Discharge	Post-discharge Follow up^b
All children enrolled:
Child details, and history of illness	Questionnaire	✓		✓
Drinking water and sanitation facilities and other household socio-economic status		✓
Weight, Recumbent length/ Height,	Digital weighing machine, Infantometer/ Stadiometer	✓	✓	✓	✓
Skinfold Thickness (triceps & subscapular skinfold)	Holtain Skinfold Caliper	✓	✓	✓	✓^c
Dietary assessment (24-h dietary recall & food frequency) and Consumption of locally produced nutrient dense food	Observation and questionnaire	✓^a	✓	✓
Body composition; For enrolled sub-sample of children (weight > 5 kg)
Body fat mass	BIA machine	✓		✓
Body lean mass					✓^c

^aAt baseline only the 24-h dietary recall & food frequency assessment will be done
^bPost discharge, all children will be prospectively followed up for anthropometric measurements on a monthly basis till 6 months by the field investigators
^cAdditionally, skinfold thickness and body composition assessment of all children will also be repeated at 6^th month post discharge

ISSN: 2055-0928