If both parents fulfil the study inclusion criteria they may both take part.
Hospital electronic records are automatically searched for current inpatients who fulfil the study entry criteria.
A tailor-made database has been developed by integerafrica research and development to fulfil the study requirements.
647 (4%) who did not fulfil the study criteria (consent and diarrhea) were excluded and 16 225 (96%) diarrhoea cases were analyzed.
Individuals who fulfil the study criteria will be visited at home for the risk and home suitability assessment.
However, only a few of these patients were able to fulfil the study protocol due to their health condition.
Given the national scope of the topic the study team believed sampling a mix of the most popular regional and national newspapers would conveniently fulfil the study intent.
The study process is laid out in figure 1. Hospital electronic records are automatically searched for current inpatients who fulfil the study entry criteria.
After a baseline interview, 491 persons were found to fulfil the study criteria and were randomised to one of the three study arms by the use of sealed opaque envelopes.
Of the 33 such patients, six did not respond to the initial and one follow-up mailing, two replied but declined to join the study, and six agreed to join but did not fulfil the study criteria.
