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Citation |
Arnestad M, Andersen M, Rognum TO. Eur. J. Pediatr. 1997; 156(12): 968-970. |
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Affiliation |
Institute of Forensic Medicine, National Hospital of Norway, University of Oslo. |
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Comment In: |
Eur J Pediatr 2001;160(1):60. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1997, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
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DOI |
unavailable |
PMID |
9453383 |
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Abstract |
UNLABELLED: The study was undertaken to test the significance of dummy use and carry-cots for counts of sudden infant death (SID). Based on the impression that very few SID victims have a dummy (comforter, pacifier) in their mouth at the time of death, and that a high proportion of SID babies were found dead in a carry-cot (portable crib, pram), a case-control study was performed. Questionnaires were sent to 167 parents of SID victims and to 352 parents of live-infants matched for sex and time of birth. Questionnaires were returned by 121 parents of SID victims (73%) and 307 parents of controls (87%). Only 4 SID victims (3%) were found dead with a dummy in their mouth. A quarter of the controls always used a dummy, 24% during night-time and 23% during daytime between 0 and 2 months of age, whereas this was only true for 10% in the SID group, the odds ratios being 0.27 for night-time and 0.36 for daytime. This trend was also seen until 1 year of life. Of the SID victims, 48% were found dead in a carry-cot, 79% during the cold time of the year and two thirds outdoors. Most deaths occurred during the afternoon (12 pm-5 pm). In both SID and control groups daytime use of carry-cots was equally frequent. Approximately 40% in both groups slept in such a cot between 5-7 days a week during the daytime. Language: en |