Study to assess the effect of kangaroo care on empathy in MBBS students

To Compare the effectiveness of counseling skills including emphathy between mbbs students who first administer Kangaroo mother care and then counsel parents versus those who only counsel parents - KMC-Empathy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2026/01/100607

Enrollment

128

Registered

2026-01-08

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-02-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: administration of kmc: kmc will be administered by medical students after appropriate consent and asepsis. There will be a minimum of 60 minutes given by the student and one session is

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Undergraduate MBBS students in their clinical years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: students with any prior training or exposure to kmc

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To compare the effectiveness of counseling skills, including empathy, between MBBS students who first administer Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and then counsel parents, versus those who directly counsel parents.Timepoint: To compare the effectiveness of counseling skills, including empathy, between MBBS students who first administer Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and then counsel parents, versus those who directly counsel parents. Once after finishing the first episode of KMC and once after two weeks- four week from the first episode.	—

Measure

Time frame

To compare the effectiveness of counseling skills, including empathy, between MBBS students who first administer Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and then counsel parents, versus those who directly counsel parents.Timepoint: To compare the effectiveness of counseling skills, including empathy, between MBBS students who first administer Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and then counsel parents, versus those who directly counsel parents. Once after finishing the first episode of KMC and once after two weeks- four week from the first episode.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To assess the impact of experiential learning (administering KMC) on the empathy levels of MBBS students and evaluate the overall counseling self-efficacy of both groups using the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE-S)Timepoint: immediately	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSomashekhar Nimbalkar

Bhaikaka University

somu_somu@yahoo.com9428067811

Outcome results