[Instructions from teaching hospital maternity wards to parents concerning the sleeping position of newborns].
The prone sleeping position has been causally linked to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). This survey aimed to determine whether maternity hospitals in Brazil were promoting the prone sleeping position for newborns. Information was also collected on SIDS prevention messages. The study adopted a multicenter collaborative approach in hospitals with training in pediatrics, using questionnaires. Correctly completed questionnaires were received from 55 hospitals. The number of deliveries/year varied at the hospitals from 240 to 11,000 (median 2,750). The majority of hospitals encouraged the lateral (side) sleeping position in the normal care nurseries (44.4%) and at discharge (67%). In conclusion, the majority of hospitals surveyed are not promoting the supine sleeping position or any other intervention for SIDS prevention, although verbal information is provided to parents about breastfeeding (100%), immunization (100%), and smoking (85%).
Nunes
Magda Lahorgue
ML
Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brasil. magdalahorgue@conex.com.br
Martins
Maurer Pereira
MP
Nelson
Edmund Anthony Severn
EA
Cowan
Stephanie
S
Cafferata
Maria Luisa
ML
Costa
Jaderson Costa da
JC
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Orientações adotadas nas maternidades dos hospitais-escola do Brasil, sobre posição de dormir.