Status:
COMPLETED
Children's Automated Respiration Monitor (ChARM) for Child Pneumonia Diagnosis by Community Health Workers in Mali
Lead Sponsor:
Diego Bassani
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Red Cross
Conditions:
Acute Respiratory Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The primary objective of this study is to estimate the impact of a self-monitoring tool (ChARM), used as a teaching/monitoring device, on the CHWs respiratory rate counting accuracy when assessing chi...
Detailed Description
Methodology: The study is designed as a community based, cluster randomized, pragmatic, intervention trial. It will be conducted within the existing 2016-2020 project structure. Specifically, the int...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- • Be currently providing iCCM services on a full-time basis to the populations they are serving.
- Have completed the Malian Ministry of Health basic community health care worker training provided as part of the 2016-2020 Strengthening Maternal, Newborn and Child Health project.
- Are using a device (a respiratory timer) as part of their basic MoH training package, or have a cell phone to use to count the respiratory rates of children under five with suspected symptoms of pneumonia.
- Be willing to participate in a trial to study the impact of using ChARM as a self-monitoring tool to improve the capacity to detect pneumonia.
Exclusion
- • CHWs in conflict ridden geographical areas within the district or not, providing consistent services on a full-time basis to the populations they are serving.
- CHWs not willing to participate in the trial.
- CHWs who do not have a device (watch, respiratory timer or cell phone) to support measurement of respiratory rates and who are not routinely counting respiratory rate to diagnose suspected pneumonia.
- CHWs who did not complete the MoH basic training for CHWs provided through the 2016-2020 Strengthening Maternal, Newborn and Child Health program
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 5 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 21 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
141 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03457519
Start Date
March 5 2018
End Date
January 21 2019
Last Update
June 25 2019
Active Locations (2)
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iCCM sites
Banamba, Koulikoro, Mali
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iCCM Sites
Koulikoro, Mali