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Community Kangaroo Mother Care for Improving Child Survival and Brain Development in Low Birth Weight Newborns

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Low Birth Weight
Interventions
Other: Essential newborn care
Behavioral: KMC
Registration Number
NCT02631343
Lead Sponsor
Society for Applied Studies
Brief Summary

While newborn and child survival remains a priority, optimal development of survivors is receiving increasing attention. Interventions that impact both survival and development should be prioritized for action. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) improves survival, and potentially neurodevelopment, in preterm and low birth weight infants in hospital settings but its coverage remains low. Innovation is required to allow the community-based delivery of KMC by front-line workers. This could greatly accelerate scale up and sustainability of this intervention in low resource settings.

The proposed randomized trial is planned in a setting where 40% of births take place at home. Early discharge (as early as within 12 hours of birth) is common for facility births, often at the request of families for social and cultural reasons. Many of the hospitals do not have incubators for the care of very small babies.

Detailed Description

Low birth weight (LBW) infants will be identified through surveillance. Eligible infants will be randomized into the intervention and control groups. Mother in the intervention group will be supported by a ANM-like study workers assisted by ASHA-like study workers to provide Kangaroo mother care (KMC) to their babies at home. Breastfeeding support will also be provided to these mothers by ANM-like study workers. Essential newborn care will be delivered through Government workers in both groups. Survival will be measured in all enrolled infants through contacts at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months of age. Information will also be ascertained on initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding rates, incidence of infection in the neonatal and in the 1-5 months period. Development outcomes (Maternal Depression, Maternal sense of competence, Mother-infant Bonding, Mother-infant interaction, Newborn Behaviour, Infant temperament, Brain development) will be measured at enrolment, 6weeks, 6 and 12 months of age. Growth will be measured at enrolment and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
550
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ControlEssential newborn careRoutine visits by government health workers
Intervention KMCKMCPromotion of, and support for lactation management and skin to skin care as soon as possible after birth by study ANM supported by study ASHA in addition to routine visits by government health workers
Intervention KMCEssential newborn carePromotion of, and support for lactation management and skin to skin care as soon as possible after birth by study ANM supported by study ASHA in addition to routine visits by government health workers
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Assessment of maternal sense of competenceAssessment of maternal sense of competence at 12 months

Maternal sense of competence will be measured by maternal self efficacy questionnaire

Assessment of newborn behaviour6 weeks

Assessment of newborn behaviour by Neonatal behavioural assessment scale

Assessment of mother infant interaction6 months

Mother infant interaction will be assessed by video recording and subsequent coding of Joint attention task

Assessment of cognitive function by Bayley scaleAssessment of cognitive function by Bayley scale at 12 months
Assessment of home environment by PROCESS12 months
Assessment of maternal depressionAssessment of maternal depression at 6 months

The depression will be measured using patient health questionnaire-9

Assessment of mother infant bonding6 weeks

Mother infant bonding will be measured by maternal postnatal attachment questionnaire

Assessment of infant temperamentAssessment of infant temperament at 12 months

Assessment of infant temperament by infant temperament scale

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Early initiation of breastfeedingFrom birth to 1 month
Early and appropriate care seeking practices at 3 monthsAssessed at 3 months data from 1 month upto 3 months
Neonatal mortalityFrom birth to 28 days
Early recognition of illness at 3 monthsAssessed at 3 months data from 1 month upto 3 months
Early and appropriate care seeking practices at 1 month1 month period

Early and appropriate care seeking ascertained from caregivers by using questionnaires

Early recognition of illness at 1 month1 month period

Recognition of illness and careseeking will be ascertained from caregivers by using questionnaires

Early infant mortalityFrom birth to 6 months
Proportion exclusively breastfed1, 3 and 6 months
Incidence of infection in neonatal1 month period
Early recognition of illness at 6 monthsAssessed at 6 months data from 3 months upto 6 months
Early and appropriate care seeking practices at 6 monthsAssessed at 6 months data from 3 months upto 6 months
Weight and length gain1, 3, 6 and 12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHRD, Society for Applied Studies

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Palwal, Haryana, India

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