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Effect of Community Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on babies with Low Birth Weight

Impact of Promoting Community Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Low Birth Weight Infants

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/01/006524
Enrollment
10500
Registered
2016-01-14
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: KMC: KMC and routine visits by government health workers Control Intervention1: No intervention: Routine visits by government health workers

Sponsors

Centre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Low birth weight babies (>=1500 to • Born at home • Singleton or twins or triplets • Infants born in hospital, discharged and KMC not initiated in the hospital

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Infant unable to feed • Infant has breathing problem • Infant is less active than normal • Gross congenital malformations • Mother does not intend to stay in the study area for the next 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
(1) Neonatal mortality from post enrolment to 28 days (2) Early infant mortality from post enrolment to 6 months of age Timepoint: (1) From post enrolment to 28 days (2) From post enrolment to 6 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Early appropriate care seeking practices at 1, 3 and 6 monthsTimepoint: 1, 3, 6 months;Early recognition of illness at 1, 3 and 6 monthsTimepoint: 1, 3, 6 months;Gain in weight, length and head circumferenceTimepoint: 1, 3, 6 months;Incidence of infection and hospitalizationTimepoint: 1 month and 1 to 5 months;Motor and mental development in a subsampleTimepoint: 6 and 12 months;Proportion exclusively breastfed at 1 and 3 monthsTimepoint: 1 month, 3 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sunita Taneja

Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies

CHRD@sas.org.in011-46043751-55

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026