An observational study in Low Birth-weight, sponsored by Addis Ababa University. Completed at 2 sites in Ethiopia. Open to participants aged 1 Day to 28 Days. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-16.
Sponsored by Addis Ababa University · Observational
The main objective is to implement Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) at selected facilities in Addis Ababa and Oromia Regions to achieve high effective coverage in the catchment population.
To achieve the objective summarized above, the investigators will engage in an iterative process using program learning and quantitative data to continuously improve models in order to enhance uptake of KMC in two phases.
In phase 1, the model will undergo an iterative process whereby every three months, the investigators will analyze the data collected and improve the model until it is reached at a model that achieves effective KMC coverage of at least 80%.
In phase 2, we will scale the successful model to all selected facilities.
The investigators' primary outcomes will be effective coverage of KMC at 7 days of age, and effective coverage of KMC at 7 days after discharge from the facility. Effective coverage will be defined as adoption of skin to skin care for at 8 least hours and exclusive breastfeeding in the 24 hours prior to assessment
185 studies on the registry are indexed under Birth Weight; 25 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 700 is above the median of 240 across 63 observational studies indexed under Birth Weight.
Browse Birth Weight studies →Addis Ababa University is the lead sponsor of 19 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.
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The study population will be low birth weight babies (less than 2000 gm) within the study sites. The study sites are one primary hospital in Addis Ababa Region and two primary and one referral hospital in Oromia Region.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Skin to skin contact of newborns with mothers and exclusive breast feeding
Effective coverage of KMC at 7 days of age.
Effective coverage will be defined as adoption of skin-to-skin care for at least 8 hours and exclusive breastfeeding in the 24 hours prior to assessment.
Time frame: Seven days of age
Ran from Jun 2017 to primary completion in Jun 2019, 24 months.
Of 33 non-industry observational studies under Birth Weight, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 52. This study's 24 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 34 studies reached it within 25 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 53.
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