Mothers’ performance in prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Introduction: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) can cause a severe crisis for family. &lrm;The cause of SIDS is not known. But since putting infant in prone position, smoking mother, &lrm;poor prenatal care, sleeping beside infant and using soft matters and&hellip; are effective factors on &lrm;SIDS.&lrm; Objective: This study aims to survey mothers&rsquo; performance in prevention of SIDS.&lrm; Methods: study findings showed that most mothers (&lrm;&rlm;67.7%&rlm;&lrm;) were &lrm;&rlm;20-29&rlm;&lrm; years old and &lrm;only (&lrm;&rlm;9.4%&rlm;&lrm;) had education higher than diploma and (&lrm;&rlm;4.2%&rlm;&lrm;) studied medical sciences. &lrm;&lrm;(&lrm;&rlm;2.1%&rlm;&lrm;) smoked cigarettes, (&lrm;&rlm;33.3%&rlm;&lrm;) suffered from urinary infection during pregnancy and &lrm;&lrm;(&lrm;&rlm;95.8%&rlm;&lrm;) received parental care. Results indicated that &lrm;&rlm;96&rlm;&lrm; samples only (&lrm;&rlm;14.6%&rlm;&lrm;) had &lrm;satisfactory practice. In determining the relationship between mothers&rsquo; practice in prevention &lrm;of SIDS and personal characteristics, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used.&lrm; There was a significant relationship only between mothers&rsquo; education and their practice in &lrm;prevention of SIDS (p<&lrm;&rlm;0.007&rlm;&lrm;).&lrm; Conclusion: Due to study findings, (&lrm;&rlm;85.4%&rlm;&lrm;) of mothers had unsatisfactory practice, &lrm;therefore planning to educate and involve mothers in proper care of infants is necessary in &lrm;prevention of SIDS.&lrm;