EFFECT OF KANGAROO MOTHER CARE ON HOSPITAL OUTCOME IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Kangaroo Mother Care, Conventional Neonatal Care.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Low Birth Weight Among Neonates. Basic parameters: 1 Hour — 6 Hours · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Kangaroo Mother Care is a novel intervention known to improve survival, nutrition and prevent infections. Kangaroo Mother Care encompasses prolonged skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby and exclusive breastfeeding till the end of neonatal period or until the baby wriggles out, whichever is earlier.Studies have shown that kangaroo mother care has benefits for infants and mothers, including reduction in infant mortality rate, maintenance of the neonate's temperature and promoting breastfeeding. Kangaroo mother care also improves the infant's respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, weight gain, sleeping condition and physical growth. It has a positive effect on physical growth and motor development of newborns. Kangaroo mother care decreases the neonates need for phototherapy and repeated admission for neonatal jaundice in low birth weight infants. The objective of study is to compare the outcome with and without kangaroo mother care in neonates with low birth weight.
Interventions
- Behavioral Kangaroo Mother Care
Kangaroo Mother Care encompasses prolonged skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby and exclusive breastfeeding till the end of neonatal period or until the baby wriggles out, whichever is earlier - Other Conventional Neonatal Care
Conventional pharmacotherapy and supportive care provided in low birth weight neonates
Primary outcome measures
- Mean Weight Gain [Time frame: 40 days]
- Mean Head Circumference Gain [Time frame: 6 weeks]
- Hypothermia [Time frame: 40 days]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Neonates of age 1-6 hours, both genders Delivered >32 weeks of gestation (as per maternal record) Delivered either via cesarean section or vaginal delivery With low birth weight (1500-2000 grams)
Exclusion criteria
- Children with major congenital disorder, cleft lip and palate, cyanotic heart disease, congenital anomaly,
- Having chromosomal abnormality or Down's score >7 at admission
- Neonates of birth weight <1500 grams, need NICU admission for surfactant or resuscitation
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- PNS Shifa Hospital Karachi — Karachi
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07736274 · 26