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Pakistan Flocculent Health Outcome Study

NCT01538953 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8949

Last updated 2012-02-27

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Summary

This study is designed to evaluate the effect of different methods of drinking water treatment on the occurrence of diarrhea among children living in squatter settlements in Karachi, Pakistan, and the marginal benefit of adding handwashing to water treatment. 260 households will receive a new product which combines flocculation with chlorination to produce clearer, less chemically contaminated drinking water. 260 households will receive dilute sodium hypochlorite, i.e. bleach to treat their water. 260 households will receive soap and encouraged to wash their hands regularly. 260 households will receive both soap and the combination flocculation/chlorination water treatment. 260 households will continue their standard water treatment and handwashing practices. The households will be visited each week for 9 months, and the episodes of diarrhea from each child in the household recorded. The rate of diarrhea between the groups will be compared. At the end of 9 months, households who were part of the standard habits and practice group will receive a water storage vessel and disinfectant.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

handwashing

participants received weekly in-home handwashing promotion and soap as needed

OTHER

flocculent-disinfectant for water treatment

participants received a supply of flocculent-disinfectant product for water treatment and instruction in how to use it

OTHER

water treatment with sodium hypochlorite

participants received a supply of dilute sodium hypochlorite and instruction to treat drinking water with it

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-03-31
Primary Completion
2003-12-31
Completion
2004-01-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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