study effect of kangaroo mother care v/s conventional care on clinical outcomes in hemodynamically stable low birth weight babies (less than or equal to 1800 grams )

A Randomized control trial on the effect of kangaroo mother care(KMC) v/s conventional care on clinical outcomes in hemodynamically stable low birth weight babies (less than or equal to 1800 grams) - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/07/055853

Enrollment

Registered

2023-07-28

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-08-21

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: P84- Other problems with newborn

Interventions

Intervention1: INTERVENTION NAME - KANGAROO MOTHER CARE: We give kangaroo mother care to one group of low birth babies less than or equal to 1800 grams and conventional care to second group of low bi

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all babies who are born with birth weight less than/equal to 1800 grams, hemodynamically stable, with informed and written consent of the parents who is willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: babies with birth weight more than 1800 grams babies, who parents not giving consent families who are not willing to participate and come for regular follow up babies who require transfer to other hospitals parents planning to shift somewhere else in near future

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
to compare the effects of kangaroo mother care in hemodynamically stable low birth babies to those babies who receive conventional care in terms of following parameters of growth measured as weight gain daily , head circumference weekly , total length bi weekly and follow up once a month till 3 months final assessment will be done after 12 weeksTimepoint: to compare the effects of kangaroo mother care in hemodynamically stable low birth babies to those babies who receive conventional care in terms of following parameters of growth measured as weight gain daily , head circumference weekly , total length bi weekly and follow up once a month till 3 months final assessment will be done after 12 weeks	—

Measure

Time frame

to compare the effects of kangaroo mother care in hemodynamically stable low birth babies to those babies who receive conventional care in terms of following parameters of growth measured as weight gain daily , head circumference weekly , total length bi weekly and follow up once a month till 3 months final assessment will be done after 12 weeksTimepoint: to compare the effects of kangaroo mother care in hemodynamically stable low birth babies to those babies who receive conventional care in terms of following parameters of growth measured as weight gain daily , head circumference weekly , total length bi weekly and follow up once a month till 3 months final assessment will be done after 12 weeks

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
to study effect of kangaroo mother care on occurrence of hypothermia hypoglycemia other morbidities such as sepsis & mortality after completion of 3 months of follow upTimepoint: to study effect of kangaroo mother care on occurrence of hypoglycemia hypothermia other morbidities such as sepsis & mortality after completion of 3 months of follow up	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public Contactsaurabh kumar

GSVM medical college kanpur and LLR hospital kanpur

drrupa9@gmail.com9935060778

Outcome results

None listed

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