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Since geophagy is widespread among women from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean, we aimed to determine the frequency of geophagy and the level of knowledge about its health effects among healthy adults originating from these countries and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.
Since geophagy is widespread among women from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean, we aimed to determine the frequency of geophagy and the level of knowledge about its health effects among healthy adults originating from these countries and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.
A cross-sectional study was performed in the consultation for travel medicine and international vaccination in Reims University Hospital, France. All adult travellers who were natives of Sub Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean or born in France of parents from these countries were eligible to complete a confidential questionnaire about geophagy, which was defined as eating soil or clay. Descriptive analysis was performed.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| travel medicine | Healthy adults originating from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire about geophagia (knowledge about soil/clay consumption and knowledge of the health effects of geophagy) | Other |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of geophagia | percentage of adults with geophagia | Day 0 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness about iron-deficient anaemia | percentage of awareness about iron-deficient anaemia | Day 0 |
| Awareness about soil-transmitted intestinal parasitic infections | percentage of awareness about soil-transmitted intestinal parasitic infections |
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inclusion criteria : All adult travellers who were natives of Sub Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean or born in France of parents from these countries
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Healthy adults originating from Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Caribbean and attending a travel medicine and international vaccination consultation in France.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien JOLLY | Reims | France |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30547293 | Background | Decaudin P, Kanagaratnam L, Kmiec I, Nguyen Y, Migault C, Lebrun D, Hentzien M, Bertin E, Drame M, Bani-Sadr F. Prevalence of geophagy and knowledge about its health effects among native Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean and South America healthy adults living in France. Eat Weight Disord. 2020 Apr;25(2):465-469. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0624-9. Epub 2018 Dec 13. |
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| Day 0 |
| Awareness about constipation | percentage of awareness about constipation | Day 0 |
| Awareness about intestinal occlusion | percentage of awareness about intestinal occlusion | Day 0 |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D010842 | Pica |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012817 | Signs and Symptoms, Digestive |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D001068 | Feeding and Eating Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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