Maternity advice survey: sleeping position in Eastern Europe
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 83 (4) , 304-306
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.83.4.304
Abstract
AIM To identify hospitals in Eastern Europe promoting front infant sleeping position. METHODS Questionnaires were distributed to maternity units in 22 countries during July to November 1999. RESULTS A total of 489 hospitals in 20 countries responded. Preferred position in normal care units was back (26.6%), front (1.8%), side (65%), or combination/none (6.6%). Corresponding recommendations at discharge were 17.4%, 3.5%, 73%, and 6.1%.Keywords
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