Titre : | Prevalence and determinants of prone sleeping position in infants : Results from two cross-sectional studies on risk factors for SIDS in Germany. (1999) |
Auteurs : | M. SCHLAUD ; C. EBERHARD ; W.J. KLEEMANN ; C.F. POETS ; F.W. SCHWARTZ ; K.W. TIETZE ; B. TRUMANN ; Dept of Epidemiology. Social Medicine and Health System Research. Hannover Medical School. DEU ; Robert Koch Institute. Berlin. DEU |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 150, n° 1, 1999) |
Pagination : | 51-57 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Mort subite ; Sommeil ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Prévalence ; Nourrisson ; Homme ; Allemagne ; Europe |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST cR0xOXQS. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The authors investigated whether there was a decline in infants sleeping prone and other modifiable risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Germany, where, as in some other countries, no nationwide intervention campaign against the prone sleeping position had been initiated. Data were obtained from parents by mailed questionnaires in two cross-sectional studies in 1991 (n=3,330) and 1995 (n=3,124). Prevalence of prone sleeping decreased from 37.6% to 8.7% (p |