Status:
COMPLETED
Predictors and Outcomes of Kangaroo Mother Care: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Pakistan
Lead Sponsor:
Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Pakistan
Conditions:
Low Birth Weight Infants
Preterm Infants
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This quasi-experimental study evaluated the impact of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) versus Conventional Care (CC) on the growth, developmental milestones, breastfeeding, vaccination, and mortality of low...
Detailed Description
This quasi-experimental study was conducted in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), Lahore, Pakistan, to compare the impact of Kangaroo Mother Car...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- women who were able to follow the program instructions,
- permanent residents of Lahore and its periphery and willing to be part of program for the one-year time period,
- live newborn babies delivered either vaginally or through caesarean section with birth weight of 1.5 to 2 kg,
- gestational age between 28 to 36 weeks.
Exclusion
- an infant or mother diagnosed with a life-threatening ailment, major disease, or major malformations,
- early-detected major conditions arising from perinatal problems, such as severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, pulmonary hypertension,
- incidence of severe infection measured as nosocomial infections requiring systemic antibiotics or infections, severe respiratory distress, and hypothermia episodes (temperature less than 35C).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 10 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
400 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06559020
Start Date
January 10 2020
End Date
December 31 2022
Last Update
August 19 2024
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Services Institute of Medical sciences
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan, 54000