Sleeping position and health status of children at six-, eighteen- and thirty-six-month development.
Using structural equation modeling to investigate the multiple pathways of sleeping position and children's early development at six-, eighteen- and thirty-six-month children, with parental demographics and child health status controlled. The participants consisted of 1783 six-month children, who were assessed using the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study Instrument. After follow-up, 1620 eighteen-month and 1630 thirty-six-month children participated in the second and third assessments, respectively. With potential confounding factors controlled, children at six-month of mothers with a lower level of education tended to sleep supine (β=-0.08, p=0.001). Compared to those sleeping in the prone and side positions, infants in the supine had slower gross and fine motor development (β=-0.11, p<.001; β=-0.12, p=0.030); however, the effect of sleeping position on the children's development dissipated at eighteen- and thirty-six-month. Sleeping position had effect on children's development at six-month; however, this effect was transient. Instead, chronic illness and maternal level of education had a more persistent effect on children's development.
Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, and Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. forweylung@gmail.com
For-Wey
FW
Lung
Bih-Ching
BC
Shu
D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009048:Motor Skills; D011187:Posture; D016684:Prone Position; D012890:Sleep; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016683:Supine Position; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology