title: [Sudden infant death. An analysis of psychosocial conditions].
abstract: The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has been studied mainly in a medical-biological view. In this paper emphasis is put on the fact that SIDS is also a psychosocial phenomenon: As the infant exists in a continuous exchange with his environment, his death can be considered a reaction to extreme stress load including psychosocial factors. In proceeding from that concept, the social and psychological conditions of 94 mothers of SIDS cases have been analyzed and compared with 68 mothers of healthy infants of similar age, urban/rural relation, and social class distribution. Both groups differed considerably. The SIDS group was more "jeopardized" in any aspect. Probability to die seems to increase with the number of accumulated risk factors. The conclusions drawn can be utilized for prevention.
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012306:Risk; D012923:Social Class; D012931:Social Environment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Der plötzliche Kindstod. Eine Analyse psychosozialer Bedingungen.