INTRODUCTION The supine sleep position is recommended to reduce sudden infant death syndrome risk. Swaddling may improve adherence with supine placement. AIM To assess knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding swaddling among adult caregivers of 0- to 3-month-old infants. METHODS Cross-sectional descriptive survey. RESULTS All 103 adults interviewed had swaddled their infant. Common re...

Swaddling was an almost universal child-care practice before the 18th century. It is still tradition in certain parts of the Middle East and is gaining popularity in the United Kingdom, the United States, and The Netherlands to curb excessive crying. We have systematically reviewed all articles on swaddling to evaluate its possible benefits and disadvantages. In general, swaddled infants arouse...

BACKGROUND Infants with neonatal cerebral insults are susceptible to excessive crying as a result of difficulties with self-regulation. AIMS To compare the effectiveness of swaddling versus massage therapy in the management of excessive crying of infants with cerebral insults. METHODS Randomised three-week parallel comparison of the efficacy of two intervention methods. Infants with symptom...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that swaddling is an effective method to reduce crying, we compared a standardized approach of regularity and stimulus reduction with the same approach supplemented with swaddling. STUDY DESIGN Healthcare nurses coached 398 excessively crying infants up to 12 weeks of age for 3 months. Outcome measurements were crying as measured by Barr's 24-hour diary and pa...

CONTEXT Swaddling is a traditional practice of wrapping infants to promote calming and sleep. Although the benefits and risks of swaddling in general have been studied, the practice in relation to sudden infant death syndrome remains unclear. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to conduct an individual-level meta-analysis of sudden infant death syndrome risk for infants swaddled for sleep. ...

BACKGROUND Hospitalized premature babies often undergo various painful procedures. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) and swaddling are two pain reduction methods. OBJECTIVES This study was undertaken to compare the effects of swaddling and KMC on pain during venous sampling in premature neonates. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was performed as a randomized clinical trial on 90 premature neonates....

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to compare the sleep profiles of healthy infants in swaddling and sleeping bag conditions. METHODS Polysomnographs of 85 healthy infants (40 in the study group, 45 in the control group) with a mean age of 7.5 weeks were recorded in the sleeping laboratory. A positive decision from the local Ethics Committee and the written consent of the parents were obtai...

Historically infant swaddling was almost a universal practice. It involved binding or bundling babies in blankets with the arms restrained and the lower limbs extended. It remains common in the Middle East and in some ethnic groups with or without a board or cradle. There has been a recent resurgence of swaddling because of its perceived palliative effect on excessive crying, colic and promotin...

conclusions the results of this study indicate that there is no meaningful difference between swaddling and kmc on physiological indexes and pain in neonates. therefore, the swaddling method may be a good substitute for kmc. results the findings revealed that pain was reduced to a great extent in the swaddling and kmc methods compared to the control group. however, there was no significant diff...