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Sleeping position, breastfeeding, bedsharing and passive smoking in 3‐month‐old Swedish infants
Author(s) -
Lindgren C,
Thompson JMD,
Häggblom L,
Milerad J
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb01408.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , sudden infant death syndrome , position (finance) , sitting , pediatrics , prone position , environmental health , demography , surgery , finance , pathology , sociology , economics
Parents of 1028 infants who attended community‐based infant health clinics were interviewed concerning infant sleeping position, feeding habits, bedsharing and passive smoking at 3 months of postnatal age. In addition, they were asked to state which source of information had mainly influenced them in the choice of the sleeping position. Fifteen per cent of the infants were regularly laid to sleep in the prone position, compared with 72% (1991) before official guidelines concerning infant sleeping position were issued. The overall prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 70.4%. Prevalence of maternal smoking was 17.9% and 22.8% of the infants were regularly bedsharing with the parents. Those mothers who did not comply with official recommendations regarding infant sleeping position were also less likely to follow other recommendations concerning infant care practices. Prone sleeping infants were more likely to be formula fed and exposed to passive smoking, and hence associated with additional risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome.