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The role of children's routines of daily living, supervision, and maternal fatigue in preschool children's injury risk
Author(s) -
Koulouglioti Christina,
Cole Robert,
Kitzman Harriet
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20346
Subject(s) - developmental psychology , medicine , sleep (system call) , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , poison control , medical emergency , computer science , operating system
The purpose of this study was to (a) explore the relationship between the lack of everyday routines and children's unintentional injuries, (b) examine two mechanisms of effect through which lack of routines might operate, children's sleep and maternal supervision, and (c) explore the influence of maternal fatigue in routines and maternal supervision. The sample comprised 264 mothers and their 3‐year‐old children. Routines were not directly related to children's injuries, but they moderated the relationship between maternal supervision and injuries. Lack of supervision was positively related to injuries only for children with infrequent everyday routines. Infrequent everyday routines were also related to inadequate children's sleep and maternal fatigue was inversely related to routines and maternal supervision. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 32:517–529, 2009