Effect of "Kangaroo Mother Care" on Premature Infants Physiological Outcomes

Premature Neonate Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of "Kangaroo Mother Care Approach" on Premature Infants' Physiological Outcomes in Jordan

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02919540
• Other study ID #: 26/94/2016
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 27, 2016
• Last updated: April 10, 2018
• Start date: September 2016
• Est. completion date: February 24, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Jordan University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project aims at testing the effect of applying the KMC on the premature infants' physiological outcomes. The findings of this project are expected to contribute to the discipline of preterm infants' care by providing evidence of the benefits, barriers, and facilities of providing the KMC in our Jordanian NICUs.

Description:

Premature infants are often unable physiologically to adapt well to the stressful environment of the NICU. These neonates are commonly at risk for the development of short and long term outcomes ranging from mild developmental delay to severe disability. The Kangaroo mother care approach (KMC) is developed to minimize the effect of prematurity and the NICU environmental stressors on premature infants. This project aims at assessing the neonatal nurses' knowledge and attitudes of the application of the KMC approach in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), testing the effect of applying the KMC on the premature infants' physiological outcomes, and exploring the mothers' lived experiences of providing KMC for their premature infants. The findings of this project are expected to contribute to the discipline of preterm infants' care by providing evidence of the benefits, barriers, and facilities of providing the KMC in our Jordanian NICUs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 35
• Est. completion date: February 24, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: February 24, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all stable preterm or low birth weight infants (stable infants are those who are able to breath unassisted and have no major health problems (WHO, 2003)), weighing more than 1800gm, who are admitted to the NICUs at the time of study and whose mothers consent to participate and willing to practice the KMC with her infant

Exclusion Criteria:

• high risk preterm or low birth weight infants.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Premature Birth
• Premature Neonate

Intervention

Other:
• Kangaroo care approach
skin to skin contact between stable preterm infants and their naked mother's chest

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Jordan University of Science and Technology

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Breastfeeding outcome	Breastfeeding outcome will be measured for both groups by the numbers of preterm infants discharged on either exclusive or partial breastfeeding	4-6 months
Secondary	Body temperature	Axillary body temperature will be measured using an electronic thermometer	4-6 months
Secondary	Heart rate (beat per minute)	Continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) data will be recorded from two surface chest electrodes	4-6 months
Secondary	Respiratory activity (breath per minute)	A non-invasive signal monitor connected to the infant cardio-respiratory monitor that captures ECG and respiratory data will be used	4-6 months