A Comparison of Diagnostic Approaches for Malaria and Pneumonia
Malaria and Pneumonia in Children Under the Age of Five Years Old Presenting to Primary Healthcare Centres in Benin City, Nigeria: a Comparison of Early Diagnostic Approaches
Studieoversikt
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Status
Forhold
Forhold
Intervensjon / Behandling
Intervensjon / Behandling
Detaljert beskrivelse
Of the preventable and treatable diseases, both malaria and pneumonia are significant contributors to under-five mortality in Nigeria. To reduce the burden of these diseases, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines were developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be used at first point of contact (e.g., primary healthcare centres) with children under the age of five years old. Preliminary literature review suggests that although interventions based on numerous diagnostic approaches have been trialed, burden from malaria and pneumonia remains unacceptably high in Nigeria, suggesting limited effectiveness of existing approaches. Therefore, this study aims to compare the accuracy of different early diagnostic approaches used in the community(for e.g. the WHO Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines versus the gold standard diagnostic tests comprising microscopy in malaria and chest radiography in pneumonia) in children under the age of five years presenting with suspected malaria and pneumonia to primary healthcare centres in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria.
The research will compare the accuracy of these various diagnostic approaches using measures such as sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. The research will also assess patient outcomes like complications, hospitalisation and death following a diagnosis of either pneumonia or malaria in all study participants as well as costs associated with malaria and pneumonia.
Studietype
Studietype
Registrering (Faktiske)
Registrering
Kontakter og plasseringer
Studiesteder
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Edo State
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Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
- Health Services Department, University of Benin
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Deltakelseskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
Tar imot friske frivillige
Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier
Prøvetakingsmetode
Studiepopulasjon
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Suspected malaria (symptoms reported by caregiver that are consistent with malaria: high temperature, chills and no other probable diagnosis)
- Suspected pneumonia (fever, cough, shortness of breath/difficulty in breathing, with or without chills and no other probable diagnosis)
- Willingness of caregiver to provide written or verbal consent in the presence of a witness.
Exclusion Criteria:
None
Studieplan
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
- Observasjonsmodeller: Kohort
- Tidsperspektiver: Potensielle
Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Malaria confirmed by microscopy (yes/no)
Tidsramme: Participants will be assessed within an average period of 24 hours of presenting to study primary healthcare centres
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This is the gold standard diagnosis for malaria and will be used to assess the accuracy of other diagnostic approaches
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Participants will be assessed within an average period of 24 hours of presenting to study primary healthcare centres
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Pneumonia confirmed by chest x-ray (yes/no)
Tidsramme: Participants will be assessed within an average period of 48 hours of presenting to study primary healthcare centres
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This is the gold standard test for pneumonia and will be used to assess the accuracy of other diagnostic approaches
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Participants will be assessed within an average period of 48 hours of presenting to study primary healthcare centres
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Hospitalisation (yes/no)
Tidsramme: Within 30 days of first consultation
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This will be assessed for all study participants with either a malaria or pneumonia diagnosis as part of an epidemiological study
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Within 30 days of first consultation
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Death (yes/no)
Tidsramme: Within 30 days of first consultation
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This will be assessed for all study participants with either a malaria or pneumonia diagnosis as part of an epidemiological study
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Within 30 days of first consultation
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Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbeidspartnere
Samarbeidspartnere
Etterforskere
Etterforskere
- Hovedetterforsker: Kelly O Elimian, MSc, University of Nottingham & University of Benin
- Studieleder: Puja R Myles, PhD, University of Nottingham
- Studieleder: Catherine Pritchard, PhD, University of Nottingham
- Studieleder: Ayebo Sadoh, PhD, University of Benin
Studierekorddatoer
Studer hoveddatoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær fullføring (Forventet)
Primær fullføring
Studiet fullført (Forventet)
Studiet fullført
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først innsendt
Først innsendt
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Først lagt ut (Anslag)
Først lagt ut
Oppdateringer av studieposter
Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Anslag)
Sist oppdatering lagt ut
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Sist bekreftet
Sist bekreftet
Mer informasjon
Begreper knyttet til denne studien
Nøkkelord
Ytterligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
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Andre studie-ID-numre
- HA.577/Vol. II/126
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