Babies sleeping with parents: case-control study of factors influencing the risk of the sudden infant death syndrome. CESDI SUDI research group.

نویسندگان

  • P S Blair
  • P J Fleming
  • I J Smith
  • M W Platt
  • J Young
  • P Nadin
  • P J Berry
  • J Golding
چکیده

OBJECTIVE To investigate the risks of the sudden infant death syndrome and factors that may contribute to unsafe sleeping environments. DESIGN Three year, population based case-control study. Parental interviews were conducted for each sudden infant death and for four controls matched for age, locality, and time of sleep. SETTING Five regions in England with a total population of over 17 million people. SUBJECTS 325 babies who died and 1300 control infants. RESULTS In the multivariate analysis infants who shared their parents' bed and were then put back in their own cot had no increased risk (odds ratio 0.67; 95% confidence interval 0.22 to 2.00). There was an increased risk for infants who shared the bed for the whole sleep or were taken to and found in the parental bed (9.78; 4.02 to 23.83), infants who slept in a separate room from their parents (10.49; 4.26 to 25.81), and infants who shared a sofa (48.99; 5.04 to 475.60). The risk associated with being found in the parental bed was not significant for older infants (>14 weeks) or for infants of parents who did not smoke and became non-significant after adjustment for recent maternal alcohol consumption (>2 units), use of duvets (>4 togs), parental tiredness (infant slept 2 people per room of the house). CONCLUSIONS There are certain circumstances when bed sharing should be avoided, particularly for infants under four months old. Parents sleeping on a sofa with infants should always be avoided. There is no evidence that bed sharing is hazardous for infants of parents who do not smoke.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 319 7223  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999