Kangaroo Mother Care implementation research for accelerating scale-up in Uttar Pradesh, India

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Infants with birth weight <2000g; Neonatal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12286667
• Lead Sponsor: The World Health Organization

Brief Summary

2019 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31753865/ protocol (added 23/10/2020) 2021 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005905 (added 13/02/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-01-30
• Study Completion: 2022-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 27 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2391

Inclusion Criteria

1. All babies of birthweight less than 2000g born in health facilities and in the community in the geographic area targeted by the intervention
2. Newborns who are severely sick according to pre-defined criteria (does not tolerate oral feeds, severe respiratory distress including respiratory rate less than 20 breaths per minute, grunting, central cyanosis, very severe chest in-drawing, convulsions, unconsciousness and severe hypothermia of less than 32 degrees Centigrade) will have the initiation of KMC delayed until they have stabilized

Exclusion Criteria

Deaths, referrals, LAMA etc in the first 3 days of life, irrespective of birth weight

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified