Table 11.
Impact on morbidity outcomes of interventions in which provision of complementary food was combined with another strategy, usually education for mothers
| Author | Site | Target group | Study group | n | % diarrhoea | % URI | % LRI | % fever | Inc. of diarrhoea | Inc. of URI | Inc. of LRI | Inc. of fever |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efficacy trials | ||||||||||||
| Bhandari et al. (2001)* | India | 4 months | Fortified food + education | 87 | 12.7 ‡ | 7.1 | 0.79 | 6.3 | ||||
| Visitation | 91 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 0.88 | 5.6 | |||||||
| Diff: 3.9 PP | Diff: +6.0% | Diff: −10.2% | Diff: +12.5% | |||||||||
| Roy et al. (2005) † | Bangladesh | 6–24 months | Food + education | 99 | 11 § | 2 § | 31 § | |||||
| No intervention | 90 | 10 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||
| Diff: +10.0% | Diff: −33.3% | Diff: +63.1% | ||||||||||
| Programmes | ||||||||||||
| Schroeder et al. (2002) | Vietnam | 5–25 months | Food + education | 114 | 2 | 44 ‡ | ||||||
| No intervention | 118 | 2 | 54 | |||||||||
| Diff: 0 PP | Diff: −10 PP | |||||||||||
Diff, difference; Inc., incidence; LRI, lower respiratory infection; PP, percentage point; URI, upper respiratory infection. *Incidence values are number of episodes per child during follow‐up. †Incidence values are number new episodes per 100 days at risk. ‡Percentages are significantly different (P < 0.05) between intervention and control groups. §Significant difference observed during the first 2 months of the study.