title: Testing guidelines for child health care nurses to prevent nonsynostotic plagiocephaly: a Swedish pilot study.
abstract: The aim of the study is to test effectiveness of guidelines for nurses that can be incorporated into the child health care program to prevent nonsynostotic plagiocephaly (NSP) in infants while still following sudden infant death syndrome-preventive recommendations. When guidelines were followed as intended in a Swedish pilot study, only 8.5% of infants had some degree of NSP at 6 months, compared to 25.6% of infants in the comparison group. Results indicate that the early and regular implementation of these guidelines by nurses may be an effective way to prevent NSP.
authors: Primärvården Skaraborg, Sweden and School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden. loursson@bredband.net
authors: Freda
authors: F
authors: Lennartsson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D049068:Plagiocephaly, Nonsynostotic / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000517:prevention & control; D016683:Supine Position; D013548:Sweden